Foreign Policy Decisions Are Often Sensitive to Public Opinion

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Essay

Foreign policy decisions are often sensitive to public opinion. Explain why this is so. Discuss an example that illustrates how foreign policy making has been sensitive to public opinion. Should U.S. foreign policy be sensitive to public opinion? Why or why not?

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Definitions:

Debit Card

A payment card that deducts money directly from a consumer's checking account to pay for a purchase.

DoS Attack

Short for Denial of Service attack, it involves overwhelming a target's resources, making a network or resource inaccessible to its intended users.

Internet Crime Complaint Center

A partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) aimed at receiving Internet-related criminal complaints and referring them to appropriate agencies.

FBI

The Federal Bureau of Investigation, a domestic intelligence and security service of the United States, and its principal federal law enforcement agency.