INTERNATIONAL INTERACTIONS

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The foreign policy of the United States is the policy by which the United States interacts with
foreign nations and sets standards of interaction for its organizations, corporations and individual
citizens. The U.S. is highly influential in the world. The global reach of the United States is
backed by a $14 trillion economy, approximately a quarter of global GDP, and a defense budget
of $711 billion, which accounts for approximately 43% of global military spending. The U.S.
Secretary of State is the foreign minister and is the official charged with state-to-state diplomacy,
although the president has ultimate authority over foreign policy; that policy includes defining
the national interest, as well as the strategies chosen to both safeguard that and achieve its policy
goals.

The officially stated goals of the foreign policy of the United States, as mentioned in the Foreign
Policy Agenda of the U.S. Department of State, are "to create a more secure, democratic, and
prosperous world for the benefit of the American people and the international community. In
addition, the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs states as some of its
jurisdictional goals: "export controls, including nonproliferation of nuclear technology and
nuclear hardware; measures to foster commercial intercourse with foreign nations and to
safeguard American business abroad; International commodity agreements; international
education; and protection of American citizens abroad and expatriation."

U.S. foreign policy has been the subject of much debate, praise and criticism both domestically
and abroad

The United States is a founding member of NATO, the world's largest military alliance. The 28
nation alliance consists of neighbor,Canada and much of Europe, including NATO's second
largest military; the United Kingdom . Under the NATO charter, the United States is compelled
to defend any NATO state that is attacked by a foreign power. NATO is restricted to within the
North American and European areas. Starting in 1989, the United States also created a major
non-NATO ally status (MNNA) for five nations.America’s interactions with some countries is as
given.
WITH UNITED KINGDOM: United States foreign policy affirms its alliance with the
United Kingdom as its most important bilateral relationship in the world, evidenced by aligned
political affairs between the White House and 10 Downing Street, as well as joint military
operations carried out between the two nations.

WITH CANADA: The bilateral relationship between Canada and the United States is of
extreme importance to both countries. About 75–85% of Canadian trade is with the United
States, and Canada is the United States' largest trading partner. While there are disputed issues
between the two nations, relations are close and the two countries famously share the "world's
longest undefended border."The United States was a close ally of Canada in both World Wars

WITH AUSTRALIA: The United States' relationship with Australia is a very close one,
with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stating that "America doesn't have a better friend in the
world than Australia". The relationship is formalised by the ANZUS treaty and the Australia-
United States Free Trade Agreement. The two countries have a shared history, both have
previously been British Colonies and many Americans flocked to the Australian goldfields in the
19th century.

WITH MIDDLE EAST: The United States has seven major non-NATO allies in the
Greater Middle East region. These allies are Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Kuwait,
Pakistan, and Morocco. Israel and Egypt are leading recipients of foreign aid, receiving 2.75
billion and 1.75 billion in 2010.

WITH GEORGIA: Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili sees membership of the

NATO as a premise of stability for Georgia. On March 9, 2007, President Saakashvili announced
his plans to increase total Georgian troop strength in Iraq to 2000, making Georgia one of the
biggest supporters of Coalition Forces, and keeping its troops in Kosovo and Afghanistan.
Following the outbreak of war between Georgia and Russia on August 8, 2008, Mikheil
Saakashvili said that Georgia was pulling its entire 2,000-strong contingent of troops from
Iraq.During August 10 and 11, 2008, the U.S. Air Force airlifted the whole contingent out of
Iraq. America severly condemmed Russia for its attack on Georgia.