“U.S. willingness to lead in the creation and sustainment of the open international order derived from a belief among U.S. policymakers that it reflected U.S. values and served U.S. security, political, and economic interests.”
U.S. Role in the World: Background and Issues For Congress (CRS, 2017):6
Below are selected links that will lead you to a plethora of governmental and non-governmental information that will inform your discussion of this country’s relationship with the world:
American Presidency Project contains the Public Papers of the Presidents.
BBC Country Profiles (Snapshots of every country; provides links to media).
Brookings (Best of the best US think tank)
Central Intelligence Agency. FOIA Electronic Reading Room (Thousands of declassified documents. Peruse “Historical Collections”)
Central Intelligence Agency. World Factbook (Great source for country-specific information.)
Chatham House (Royal institute of International Affairs)
Congressional Research Service is essentially the think tank for Congress. Thousands of reports are generated each year on diverse topics, many pertaining to foreign policy.
Council on Foreign Relations (Top US think tank)
Country Commercial Guides (Provides US businesses with an inside look into market conditions and events that might impact them)
Country Indictors for Foreign Policy. (Provides risk assessment through the lenses of external and internal stakeholders.)
Country Studies provides monographic treatments on the history and culture of various nations.
Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Vault (declassified documents through FOIA)
Foreign Relations of the United States.(THE definitive record of US diplomatic relations edited for public consumption. More recent volumes are here.)
GovInfo. Foreign Relations. (Provides access to thousands of government reports, hearings, etc)
National Security Archive Briefing Books. (Hundreds of topical reports each with primary source material)
Think Tanks by Region and Topic of Research
US Department of State. Bilateral Fact Sheets. (Brief overview of US interactions with other countries)
United States House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs. Find current hearings here.
United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Find current hearings here.
Wilson Center Digital Collections (Document-laden source material)
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