This document provides instructions for a POL 403 class assignment where students must write their own foreign policy statement using two objectives and two instruments. It outlines several topics that could be addressed in the statement, such as priorities, roles, instruments, and resources. It also lists potential foreign policy objectives like power, peace, and prosperity as well as instruments like national security intelligence, diplomacy, military force, and economic statecraft.

1. POL 403
Spring 2019

4. INSTRUCTIONS
Each of you will write your own foreign policy statement.
You must use TWO objectives and TWO instruments.
How would you use the instruments to achieve objectives?
Be prepared to share your thoughts.

6.  #: Priorities
 #2: Role
 #3: Instruments
 #4: Resources
 #5: Policy-Making Process

17.  Environmental Issues
 DDT  Global Climate Change
 FBI’s “Most Wanted” List
 Domestic Criminals  InternationalTerrorists
 Health Crises
 AIDS Epidemic, Ebola, etc.

21. FOREIGN POLICY STRATEGY
 What is the “national
interest?”
 How do we achieve the
national interest?
FOREIGN POLICY PROCESS
 Which institutions and
actors play which roles?
 How much influence do
they actually have?

23.  Power
 Self-defense and preservation
 Deterring aggression from other states
 Instruments?
 Peace
 Importance of negotiation and cooperation
 Instruments?

24.  Prosperity
 Achieving Economic Significance
 Examples: Trade Balance, FDI
 Instruments?
 Principles
 Values, Beliefs, and Ideals
 Instruments?

26.  National Security Intelligence
 Diplomacy
 Covert Action
 Military Force
 Economic Statecraft
 Cultural and Moral Suasion

27.  Maintaining Peace and Security
 Securing Economic Prosperity
 Improving the Quality of Life
 Upholding Human Rights