The Importance of Foreign Relations
The foreign relation is one of the important, intricate and challenging tasks of any given regime in the globe and necessitates the insubstantial and flexible strategy that ranges from the diplomatic influence to armed forces in solving a mass of the complex problems. The foreign policy is the determinant of how the United States carries out its associations with other nations, and it aims to accomplish specific objectives and also seeks to guarantee the security and defense of the U.S (Constitutional Rights Foundation, 2018). Therefore, the foreign policy is the universal goals that direct the actions and affairs of a nation as regards its relations with other countries.
The Role of Congress and the President in Foreign Policy Formulation
When it comes to the formulation of the foreign policy, both the Congress and the president have a function to play; for instance, the president is responsible for the treaty negotiations and appointments of the representative ambassadors among other duties. Conversely, the Congress is responsible for cutting or increasing the foreign support or budget for any security mission and also has to approve of the president’s actions towards any foreign policy. An excellent example of the American foreign policy is the lifting the embargo during the Obama regime which had the intention of stopping the Cuban government from oppressing the citizens by improving its human rights data through the political and economic changes (Felter & Renwick, 2018).
References
Constitutional Rights Foundation. (2018). Foreign Policy - Constitutional Rights Foundation. Retrieved from http://www.crf-usa.org/war-in-iraq/foreign-policy.html
Felter, C., " Renwick, D. (2018, January 19). U.S.-Cuba Relations. Retrieved from https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/us-cuba-relations
