Foreign Policy and National Defense Chapter 17

Foreign Aid and Alliances Section 4 Foreign Aid and Alliances

Foreign Aid U.S. often lends or gives money to foreign nations for economic or military use. WWII – Lend Lease Program Post WWII – Marshall Plan Foreign aid makes up about 1% of entire federal budget. According to American law, aid given to foreign countries must be spent on American goods and services.

Security Alliances NATO Other U.S. alliances Formed after WWII to combat the Soviet Bloc An attack on any of the 28 member countries is an attack on all Today: Provide crisis management and peacekeeping functions. Other U.S. alliances The Rio Pact ANZUS Pact Japanese Pact Philippine Pact Taiwan Pact

The United Nations Move toward intervention is made evident by U.S. participation in the United Nations 193 nations are members today Provides humanitarian and peacekeeping functions.

U.N. Headquarters New York, NY

General Counsel Room United Nations

The Work of the U.N. Peacekeeping Functions Humanitarian Functions U.S. Security Council U.S. is one of 5 permanent veto-wielding nations (United States, United Kingdom, Russia, China, and France) Sanctions International Court of Justice Humanitarian Functions UNICEF WHO

Meeting of the United Nations Security Council, Chaired by President Barack Obama

Eleanor Roosevelt, UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights

International Court of Justice, The Hague

WHO worker, dispensing medicine