1990’s Foreign Policy

 

Generally:

     The US was the last remaining

           superpower

     America began acting against problems

           in the “hotspots” of the world

     Unilateralism: new American policy   

 

Middle East:

     Persian Gulf War:

           US led coalition to stop Saddam

           Hussein’s aggression in the Gulf

     Israeli-PLO Accord 1993

     Missile Strikes Against BinLaden

 

Africa:

     Rwandan Civil War led to genocide

     Peacekeeping in Somalia

     Free elections in South Africa 1994

 

Asia:

     China granted “most favored nation”

           status

     North Korean nuclear program

     Realtions normalized with Vietnam

 

Europe:

     Fall of Communism in USSR 1991

     Washington Summit 1994

     Helsinki Summit 1997

     Atlantis Docks with Mir

     START I and START II signed

     Yugoslavian War

     Reunification of Germany

 

Latin America:

     Intervention in Haiti

     Drug Wars in South America