Future Involvement in Foreign Affairs

Since the United States is one of the last remaining super powers


  of the world,   we


  have the obligation to maintain and support good relations with the


  smaller and weaker


  nations throughout the world.   We should take full advantage of this


  authority in several


  different ways.   First the U.S. must focus on investing and trading with


  those nations who


  have yet to become economic powers; second, we must implement a consistent


  foreign


  policy towards the Middle Eastern nations:   third, the United States needs


  to respect the


  attempts and results of the democratization and religious revivals in the


  Middle East and


  Latin America, while taking a passive role in letting the a Western type


  of democracy take


  its course: and forth, the U.S. must ease and downplay its conflict with


  those civilizations


  who dislike the "Western people" and their way of life.


  Obviously, foreign investment is necessary for the future of


  developing other


  nations as well as our own.   There must be an emphasis on foreign


  investment and trade,


  otherwise the third world nations will continue to fall behind


  economically, technologically,


  and domestically, which could lead to an economic downfall for the U.S. as


  well.   The


  question then arises as to what the United States must do in order to have


  large trade


  agreements with other countries other than Japan and Mexico.   In order for


  the U.S. to


  play a more active role in the economic and political development of many


  of these


  developing nations, it must first accept a different philosophy than its


  current one.   First, it


  is imperative for the United States to play a similar role in Latin


  America to the one Japan


  has played with...