Chapter 30

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Question 1

In her commencement speech at the Harvard School of Government in 1994, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright offers her assessment of the foreign policy challenges the United States is facing in the first decade after the end of the Cold War. According to Albright, Americans’ chief international concern in the twenty-first century will be toA. minimize opportunities for radical Islamic fundamentalists to mobilize in the Middle East.
B. pursue preemptive policies to eliminate weapons of mass destruction from rogue nations.
C. shape new directions for foreign policy that would contain conflict and enlarge freedom.
D. refrain from unilateral actions and lead United Nations peacekeeping operations throughout the world.

Question 2

Contrasting the image of Cold War “bipolar” international relations, Albright uses which of the following images to illustrate U.S. global interests in the post-Cold War world?A. Concentric circles
B. Pyramids
C. Networks
D. Venn diagrams

Question 3

Albright warns of political tendencies in the U.S. Congress to weaken U.S. efforts at international cooperation in areas such as Haiti, Bosnia, the former Soviet Union, and North Korea by undermining U.S. participation inA. NATO.
B. SEATO.
C. the WTO.
D. UN peace-keeping.