Friction in U.S. Foreign Policy: Cultural Difficulties with the World

Research Summary

q       The report builds up its contents on a significant observation that due to its New World paradigm, the direct leadership style of the U.S. is becoming counter productive.

q       The central ides of the report emphasizes that America must learn to work in more indirect ways with like-minded allies to create a world favorable to U.S. interests.

q       The author comments on the implications of America’s lack of cultural savvy and the ideological threats confronting the United States besides proposing a new outlook for policy leaders and strategists.

q       As a result of America trying to transplant the culture that works in America to the rest of the world, Anti-Americanism is rapidly spreading around the world.

q       Given this scenario, it calls for the nation to recognize its own cultural uniqueness and to develop a high level of cultural savvy in dealing with more traditional cultures.

q       The author draws attention to three dominant ideologies of the world like radical Islamic extremism, Chinese Communist Capitalist ideology, and the radical populism spreading in Latin America with special relevance to U.S. policies.

q       In the nation’s efforts to maintain an indirect global leadership and furthering its American interests, the author calls for a more strategic and considerate approach to shape its foreign relations and policies.

q       Prescribing certain valuable insights into achieving the above said end, the importance of the report in assisting the policy makers of the age cannot be overlooked.

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