Key Question: How has national interest shaped foreign policy?
What is a 'policy'?
A policy is a plan of action that has been deliberately chosen to guide or influence choices and decisions.
What are some of our school's policies?
A policy is a plan of action that has been deliberately chosen to guide or influence choices and decisions.
- a plan of action
- guides choices and decisions
- domestic policy - inside a country
- foreign policy - outside a country
- national policies can be either domestic or foreign
What are some of our school's policies?
Domestic Policy
Guides the decisions about what to do within the country. In Canada, domestic policy may guide decisions about changing federal laws. In 2007, for example, the government decided it was in Canadian's national interest to pass a law making it illegal to copy movies for sale or rental
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Foreign Policy
Guides decisions about official relations with other countries. Foreign policy, which is often called external relations or foreign affairs, may involve co-operating with international organizations such as the United Nations. Canada, for example, is among the top 10 donors to the United Nations Development Program, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization. Canada provides the UN with more than $600 million dollars a year.
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World War One as the example
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The Treaty of Versailles required Germany to:
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