In one paragraph, choose and explain two of the foreign policy incidents below. Who was involved? What happened? Do you think the US should maintain its policy of neutrality?

A state's foreign policy is its objectives and activities in relation to its interactions with other states. The Encyclopedia Britannica notes that a country's foreign policy may be influenced by "domestic considerations, the policies or behaviour of other states, or plans to advance specific geopolitical designs."

See also  

Alliance

Balance of power  

Diplomacy

Diplomatic history

Foreign policy analysis

Intergovernmental organization

International relations theory

International relations

Notes and references    

Further reading    

Christopher Hill, The Changing Politics of Foreign Policy, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Jean-Frédéric Morin and Jonathan Paquin, Foreign Policy Analysis: A Toolbox, Palgrave, 2018.

Steve Smith, Amelia Hadley and Tim Dunne, Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors, Cases, 1st ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.

The definition of foreign policy, according to the Encyclopædia Britannica,    

Explanation:

the mongolian invasion of china and central asia resulted in a disruption of the silk road as the chinese garrisons lost support from the chinese kingdoms which fell under the mongols. however, as the mongols established a formal dynasty in china, the successors of genghis khan restored the garrisons along the silk road allowing the safe travel caravans again.

after the roman empire, the catholic church began to unify by taking on many duties of a government.