Abstract

The caselet explains the US foreign policy and the expectations from the new Bush Government. It describes the reasons for the increased criticism against the US foreign policy. The caselet also looks at President Bush’s attempts to promote global cooperation in foreign policy matters by initiating a war on terrorism, promoting democracy, etc.

Learning Objectives

The case is structured to achieve the following Learning Objectives:

• Concern of the new government in the US
• Reasons for replacement of staff in the government
• Analysts’opinions about the government
• and Washington imposing trade sanctions against Canadian products.

Keywords

US foreign policy, the new Bush government, Secretary of State, Cato Institute, budget deficit, global cooperation, continental missile defense system, trade sanctions, multilateral international relations, NATO, unilateral foreign policies