Essential Questions:
What are the roles of each branch of government when it comes to foreign policy?
Do the following exercise:
What are the roles of each branch of government when it comes to foreign policy?
Do the following exercise:
Foreign Affairs
- Where in the Middle East is the country you chose? What countries are its immediate neighbors? (Include a photograph)
- How long has this country been an independent nation?
- What type of government exists in this country?
- How is the US's relationship with this country?
- What might have caused the United States to have this relationship?
- To the best of your knowledge, has the United States ever had a military presence in this country?
- Do we sell this country arms (weapons)?
- What is this country famous for and how are we involved in trade?
- How involved is the United States in this country's affairs?
- Can you think of circumstances in which the United States might send troops to this country?
- Between 1945 and today, what have U.S. relations been like with this country?
- Has the United States changed its position towards this country since 1945?
- Make a prediction about U.S. foreign policy with this country over the next 10 years.
- What factors can you think of that might shape that policy?
- Does the United States engage in trade with that country?
- Does the country possess an important strategic location or important natural resources?
- What factors can you think of that might shape that policy?
RESOURCES:
- Map 2002: Middle East Political Borders
- Islamic Revolution
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/upfront/features/index.asp?article=f091806_TP_Iran - Vis à Vis explores why the '79 Revolution took place and what has happened since then.
- Terror in Tehran: Interview with Massoumeh Ebtekar
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/tehran/interviews/ebtekar.html
As Iran's vice president for the environment, Massoumeh Ebtekar is the country's first female vice president and effectively one of the highest ranking women in the Muslim world today. - Terror in Tehran: Interview with Rober Baer
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/tehran/interviews/baer.html
Robert Baer was a CIA case officer in the directorate of operations from 1976 to 1997, where he served in Middle Eastern countries, including Iraq and Lebanon. - Near Eastern Affairs: Country Information
http://www.state.gov/p/nea/
Country information and U.S. Department of State publications
- The World Factbook 2001
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
The Central Intelligence Agency publishes information on the geography, people, government, and economy of each Middle Eastern country.
Photo used under Creative Commons from Foreign and Commonwealth Office