Read the Article and please Respond to the prompts in COMPLETE sentences
Elite Respondents = Experts = CFR membersPublic = the general population that was surveyed about an issue
1. What is the CFR and who are some of the people that make up this organization?2. Define this statement - strong public ambivalence - what is it saying about America?
3. What time period is the current attitude being compared to? And - What is the attitude about American involvement in foreign affairs?
4. Define - unilateralism - is this GOOD or BAD for America?
5. What are the TWO top Priorities for our Foreign Policy? According to the CFR
6. What are TWO examples of where the "experts" think an issue is less important than the American "public"?
7. What does the "public" think of our involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq? Is there a difference between these numbers and the "experts"?
8. How do the "experts" feel about President Obama's foreign policy performance? What does the "public" say about the same issue?
9. What is the president's best rated Foreign Policy area
10. (According to the "expert respondents") How did the president's handling of the Syrian situation change our world status? - be specific with your details
11. What are the THREE reasons (according to the "elite respondents") the "public" is disenchanted with the U.S. role in world affairs?
12. What is - war fatigue?
13. Is it a good thing that (according to the "elite respondents") that the U.S. is the world's leading military power and that China is now the world's leading economy? Your opinion - please use facts and details to support your answer
1. It is the Council of Foreign Relations and some of the people in it are current and former policy-makers, academics, business executives, journalists, columnists, and other elite professionals who are invited to join
ReplyDelete2. It means there is strong public uncertainty in the United States.
3. 2004
4. A tendency of nations to conduct their foreign affairs individualistically, characterized by minimal consultation and involvement with other nations, even their allies. This is good for America because we need to make our own stuff.
5. protecting the U.S. from terrorist attacks and preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction
6. Public opinions on the war and the president
7. The public thinks it's stupid because it is. It's none of our business over there.
8. Experts and public both hate it.
9. Protecting us from terrorists.
10. WELP, about two-thirds of the world hates us now, and for good reasons, too.
11. “Americans are conflicted about the U.S. role in the world,” noted James Lindsay, CFR’s senior vice president, commenting on the survey. “(A)s frustrated as the public is with foreign policy, it isn’t ready to abandon internationalism or to embrace unilateralism.”
The latest survey, which asked respondents scores of detailed questions, showed, as it has in other years, significant gaps between the public and elite on a number of key foreign policy issues. On Washington’s role in the world, 12 percent of both groups agreed that the U.S. should be “the single world leader,” while 72 percent of the public and 86 percent of CFR members, respectively, disagreed, insisting instead that it “should play a shared leadership role.”
12. War Fatigue is a posttraumatic stress disorder occurring among soldiers engaged in active combat, characterized by excessive autonomic arousal, psychic numbing, and persistent reliving of traumatic experiences.
13. No, because China is richer because we're too lazy to make our own stuff.
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1. Council on Foreign Relations, people who are invited as professionals
ReplyDelete2.America has mixed feelings about the foreign policy
3.The time of the Vietnam War, and people feel like the U.S should stop messing with other nations.
4. It is when you react upon a certain group without the agreement of the other group. This is bad for America because this is what people were complaining about.
5.Their role in the world, and the fact that the U.S is helping other nations
6. CFR members are saying that Washington should be in a "shared leadership role.
7. Some think that using military force on them was the right thing.
8. They think he is handling the Foreign policy well.
9. His handling on Syria.
10.His failure with the military's actions on Syria
11. The U.S financial problems, their choices, and their role in the world.
12. Jobs that soldiers take that don't have anything to do with the military.
13. Yes, to me they are just using it the wrong way shown in the war on terror.
1. the council of foreign relations and it is made up of former policy-makers, academics, business executives, journalists, and columnists
ReplyDelete2. It means that the public has mixed feelings about the current state of affairs.
3. 2004
4. It means having minimal interaction with other countries by treating each of them different individually. I think that the US should treat ever country based on that countries standing with the US such as if its an ally or not.
5. protection from terrorist attacks and the proliferation of nuclear and chemical
weapons.
6. public opinion on the war on terror and the polls of the US president
7. They think that the war in Afghanistan is justified but the war in iraq was not. experts generally agree
8.The public generally disapproves of his performance but experts give higher marks than the public.
9.Protection of the homeland from terrorism
10. It showed the US has become weaker because of lack of following through on commitments.
11. 1. is war fatigue, the public is tired of the war on terrorism
2. foreign policy
3. the Us economy
12. Tired of war and fighting in one, no longer support it with the same enthusiasm
13. they think that it isnt a positive thing but its good that the US has a strong military, I think that we need to focus on the economy more.
1. Council of Foreign Relations,who consist mainly of current and former policy-makers, academics, business executives, journalists, columnists, and other elite professionals who are invited to join
ReplyDelete2 strong public uncertainty in the United States.
3. around time of Vietnam war, & they felt the US should mind their own business
4. tendency of nations to conduct their foreign affairs individualistically, characterized by minimal consultation and involvement with other nations, even their allies & good
5. protecting us(U.S) from terrorist attacks and preventing spread of weapons of mass destruction
6. Washington should be in a "shared leadership role.
7.They think that the war in Afghanistan is justified but the war in iraq was not. experts generally agree
8.They think he is handling the Foreign policy well.
9.Protection of the homeland from terrorism
10. It showed the US has become weaker because of lack of following through on commitments
11. The U.S financial problems, their choices, and their role in the world.
12.Tired of war and fighting in one, no longer support it
13.Yes, to me they are just using it the wrong way shown in the war on terror.
1. The CFR stands for the Council of Foreign Relations and some of the people that make up that organization are policy makers, business executives, jounalists, and more.
ReplyDelete2. Strong public ambivalence means having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone. It's saying that that's how the public feels about America.
3. It's being compared to 2004 and saying that America isn't involved in foreign affairs like they were in 2004; basically that America is no longer as important as it once was.
4. Unilateralism is the process of acting, reaching a decision, or espousing a principle unilaterally. It's bad for America.
5. TWO top Priorities for our Foreign Policy are protecting the us from weapons of mass destruction and from terroist attacks.
6. TWO examples are that the public thinks protecting jobs of american workers and combating international drug trafficking is more important than what the experts believe.
7. The public thinks our involvement is correct. There is a big differnt between the numbers of the public and the experts.
8. The experts were very citical on obamas performance of foreign polices but they were much more approving than the public.
9. The president's best rated Foreign Policy area is protecting the usa from terroist attacks.
10. The president's handling of the Syrian situation changed our world status because according to experts it contributed to making the us weaker and a lot of CFR respondents disapprved obamas actions.
11. THREE reasons the "public" is disenchanted with the U.S. role in world affairs is costs to the Us economy, impression that recent us initiatives have been ineffective, and war fatique.
12. War Fatigue is a posttraumatic stress disorder occurring among soldiers engaged in active combat, characterized by excessive autonomic arousal, psychic numbing, and persistent reliving of traumatic experiences.
13. I think its both a good thing and a bad thing. It's good to be leading in military but our economy should be stronger.
12 (correct answer) - tired of fighting and war with no one supporting it any longer
Delete1. Council of Foreign Relations. They are the foreign policy professionals.
ReplyDelete2. America is not very decisive about what it wants with foreign policy.
3. It was around around the time of the Vietnam war. Some people feel that the U.S. should stick to their own business.
4. This is defined as the US not worrying about foreign policies and just focusing on itself.
5. protecting the U.S. from terrorist attacks and preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction
6. Public opinions on the war and the president
7. The public thinks we shouldn't be messing around over there but the experts disagree.
8. Both the public and the experts don't like it.
9. Proctecting from terrorism
10. He did not handle the syria situation well
11. Financial problems, choices and role in the world
12. War Fatigue is a posttraumatic stress disorder occurring among soldiers engaged in active combat,
13. I think the U.S. should calm down and deal with their own problems
4.
1. CFR (Council on Foreign Relations) is made up of elite professionals like former policy makers, business executives, and journalist.
ReplyDelete2. Strong public ambivalence is a strong mixture of positive and negative feelings within the public. This means that the public is showing mixed feelings about washington's global role.
3. Our current attitude of not troubling ourselves with foreign affairs like in the vietnam war.
4. Unilateralism is of being on one side, and the pursuit of only relying on yourself, which would be bad for America while it would open up more jobs, we depend on outside materials and alliances to keep America going.
5. Preventing the spread of WMD's and preventing terrorist attacks.
6. Protecting the jobs of American workers and international drug trafficking.
7. They believed that Military force was the right thing to do but more people believe that we should focus on stability than creating democracy.
8. They both believe that Obama is not "assertive enough"
9. Obama's highest marked area is handling terrorism and the experts favor his reduction of the defense budge.
10. They said that it left the US weaker considering that the President did not follow up on his threat of military action. This proved that the US has a weaker military forces.
11. Firstly the War Fatigue proven by Syria incident, Costs in the US economy, and lastly is the impression that recent US initiatives have been ineffective.
12. War Fatigue is the tiredness of fighting, the inability to expend funds anymore on war efforts.
13. It is not a good thing, China now has more money to put to military power and such which could put the US behind. Military dominance and economic dominance had been mostly what the US clings to for power, as our power decreases we can no longer intimidate other countries. If this continues than I predict that enemy countries would begin invading the US.
1. Council of foreign relations, made up of policy-makers, academics, business, executives, journalists, and columnists.
ReplyDelete2. The public is unsure about their feelings towards the current state affairs.
3. 04'
4. meaning to have little interaction with other countries.
5.Portection from terrorist.
6. Public opinion on the war on terror
7. They think the war is justified but the iraq war isnt
8. The public doesnt approve of his performance
9. Protection of the homeland from terrorism
10. It showed the US has become weaker
11. is was fatique.
12. tired of war anmd violence
13. Negative beings
These are NOT answers - I asked for complete sentences and also to use facts and information to support your answers - you did NOT ANSWER THE PROMPTS
Delete1. What is the CFR and who are some of the people that make up this organization? The CFR is the Council on foreign and James Lindsay is the senior vice president and Richard Haas is the president of the organization.
ReplyDelete2. Define this statement - strong public ambivalence - what is it saying about America? This means that the public has strong uncertainty in the United States.
3. What time period is the current attitude being compared to? And - What is the attitude about American involvement in foreign affairs? It is being compared to the Iraq war in 2004, and the Vietnam war. They are saying America is not as involved in foreign affairs as we once were.
4. Define - unilateralism - is this GOOD or BAD for America? Unilateralism- the advocacy or pursuit of a unilateral policy, especially in disarmament. This is good because the U.S. needs to focus on our own problems.
5. What are the TWO top Priorities for our Foreign Policy? According to the CFR. According to the CFR the two top priorities are preventing the spread of WMD’s and preventing terrorist attacks.
6. What are TWO examples of where the "experts" think an issue is less important than the American "public"? Two examples include protecting the jobs of Americans and the americans public opinions on the war.
7. What does the "public" think of our involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq? Is there a difference between these numbers and the "experts"? They believe the involvement in the war was needed. Experts agree with the public.
8. How do the "experts" feel about President Obama's foreign policy performance? What does the "public" say about the same issue? The experts are more critical than the public on Obama’s foreign policy performance.
9. What is the president's best rated Foreign Policy area. The president’s best rated foreign area is protecting the U.S. from terrorism.
10. (According to the "expert respondents") How did the president's handling of the Syrian situation change our world status? - be specific with your details. Our world status changed we are said to have a “weaker” military because we did not take action in Syria. I consider this stupid just because we did not get involved in the Syrian situation does not make us have a weak military!
11. What are the THREE reasons (according to the "elite respondents") the "public" is disenchanted with the U.S. role in world affairs? 1. Costs in the US economy. 2. War fatigue in the Syrian Incident. 3. And the choices we make around the world. 12. What is - war fatigue? War fatigue- a posttraumatic stress disorder occurring among soldiers engaged inactive combat, characterized by excessive autonomic arousal,psychic numbing, and persistent reliving of traumatic experiences
13. Is it a good thing that (according to the "elite respondents") that the U.S. is the world's leading military power and that China is now the world's leading economy? Your opinion - please use facts and details to support your answer. I think this is wrong. I believe we have both the strongest military and the world's leading economy. Yes we do have some economic problems but our economy is bouncing back. America will hopefully always be the worlds leading military power and hopefully bounce back and be the world's leading economy.
1. What is the CFR and who are some of the people that make up this organization? - council foreign relations and US public and foreign policy.
ReplyDelete2. Define this statement - strong public ambivalence - what is it saying about America? - strong public that the americans are confused.
3. What time period is the current attitude being compared to? And - What is the attitude about American involvement in foreign affairs? - it is being compared to iraq in 2004.
4. Define - unilateralism - is this GOOD or BAD for America? - both because it means little interactions between states.
5. What are the TWO top Priorities for our Foreign Policy? According to the CFR - terriost attacks and WMD's
6. What are TWO examples of where the "experts" think an issue is less important than the American "public"? - protcting the jobs in the US and their opinions about war.
7. What does the "public" think of our involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq? Is there a difference between these numbers and the "experts"? - agreein with the war.
8. How do the "experts" feel about President Obama's foreign policy performance? What does the "public" say about the same issue?
9. What is the president's best rated Foreign Policy area - protect the states from terrorism
10. (According to the "expert respondents") How did the president's handling of the Syrian situation change our world status? - be specific with your details - they are trying to make the military weak.
11. What are the THREE reasons (according to the "elite respondents") the "public" is disenchanted with the U.S. role in world affairs?
12. What is - war fatigue? making the war tiring
13. Is it a good thing that (according to the "elite respondents") that the U.S. is the world's leading military power and that China is now the world's leading economy? Your opinion - please use facts and details to support your answe
1. What is the CFR and who are some of the people that make up this organization?
ReplyDeleteThe CFR is the council on Public Reactions, some people that make up the organization is James Lindsay
2. Define this statement - strong public ambivalence - what is it saying about America?
The public is unsure about their feelings towards the current state affairs.
3. What time period is the current attitude being compared to? And - What is the attitude about American involvement in foreign affairs?
Vietnam, and that the US should worry about themselves.
4. Define - unilateralism - is this GOOD or BAD for America?
the process of acting, reaching a decision, or espousing a principle unilaterally, it’s bad for America
5. What are the TWO top Priorities for our Foreign Policy? According to the CFR
protection from terrorist attacks and the proliferation of nuclear and chemical
weapons.
6. What are TWO examples of where the "experts" think an issue is less important than the American "public"?
predicting jobs, and international drug trafficking
7. What does the "public" think of our involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq? Is there a difference between these numbers and the "experts"?
There’s no reason for it but for Iraq there was. There is a big different.
8. How do the "experts" feel about President Obama's foreign policy performance? What does the "public" say about the same issue?
They are very opinionated and critical on Obama, the public says they approve
9. What is the president's best rated Foreign Policy area
protecting the usa from terroist attacks.
10. (According to the "expert respondents") How did the president's handling of the Syrian situation change our world status? - be specific with your details
it supposedly made the US weaker
11. What are the THREE reasons (according to the "elite respondents") the "public" is disenchanted with the U.S. role in world affairs?
economy, war fatigue, and foreign policy
12. What is - war fatigue? tiredness of fighting
13. Is it a good thing that (according to the "elite respondents") that the U.S. is the world's leading military power and that China is now the world's leading economy? Your opinion - please use facts and details to support your answer
It’s good and bad