What are the Instruments of Modern American Foreign Policy?
What are the tools that American government officials use to achieve their foreign policy aims? How are diplomacy, economic strength, and military might deployed to advance American interests in the world? • Diplomacy is the representation of a government to other foreign governments to promote national values or interests by peaceful means. • Although the Rogers Act of 1924 established the initial framework fro a professional foreign service staff in America, it was not until World War II and the Foreign Service Act of 1946 that America developed a professionalized diplomatic corps. • Given the high stakes of foreign policy and the president’s clear responsibility for success or failure, many presidents are reluctant to entrust major responsibilities to diplomats in the State Department. • The United Nations, an organization of nations founded in 1945, serves as an institutional channel for negotiation and a means of settling international disputes peaceably. • The UN General Assembly
