Instruments of International Relations the DIME framework Diplomatic

Instruments of International Relations (the DIME framework) ﺍﻟﻌﻼﻗﺎﺕ ﺍﻟﺪﻭﻟﻴﺔ ﺃﺪﻭﺍﺕ ØDiplomatic ØInformational ØMilitary Ø Economic National Policy Objectives ﺃﻬﺪﺍﻑ ﺍﻟﺴﻴﺎﺳﺔ ﺍﻟﻘﻮﻣﻴﺔ

Bush Administration and Public Diplomacy ﺍﺩﺍﺭﺓ ﺑﻮﺵ ﻭﺍﻟﺪﺑﻠﻮﻣﺎﺳﻴﺔ ﺍﻟﻌﺎﻣﺔ q q Voice of America Radio Free Iraq Radio Sawa is a 24 -hours-a-day, 7 -days-a-week service with 48 daily newscasts in Arabic being transmitted by various means. Radio Sawa airs news, analysis, editorial comment, talk and music On February 14, 2004, the United States launched a new $62 million Arabic-language satellite television channel, Al-Hurra, to deliver US messages in Arabic across the Arab world

Nixon Doctrine: Détente 1969 -1974 Nixon Doctrine: ( ﺍﻟﻌﻼﻗﺎﺕ ﺍﻻﻧﻔﺮﺍﺝ ﻓﻲ ) ﻣﺒﺪﺃ ﻧﻴﻜﺴﻮﻥ Retain flexible response but added a “Realistic Deterrence” ﺍﻻﺣﺘﻔﺎﻅ ﺑﻤﺮﻭﻧﺔ ﺍﻟﺮﺩ ﻭﻟﻜﻦ ﺃﻀﺎﻑ ﻭﺍﻗﻌﻴﺔ ﺍﻟﺮﺩﻉ Ø Nixon’s Détente = easing of tensions between the superpowers ﺍﻻﻧﻔﺮﺍﺝ ﻓﻲ ﺍﻟﺘﻮﺗﺮ ﺑﻴﻦ ﺍﻟﻘﻮﻯ ﺍﻟﻌﻈﻤﻰ Ø Nixon and Kissinger both favored "back-channel" communications and used secret negotiations to lay the groundwork for détente with the Soviet Union.

1)- Write (T) for True and (F) for false: 1 - ( )Public Diplomacy was very important for the US in winning the Cold War. 2 - ( )Roosevelt's dollar diplomacy was based on using money to secure US interests. 3 - ( )After the events of 9/11, the US used public diplomacy to improve its image in the Arab and Muslim world. 4 - ( )Soft power involves making others do what you want through force. 5 - ( )The use of mass media was mainly avoided by the US in its public Diplomacy campaigns. 6 - ( )Bush's doctrine was based on consulting with other states before going to war.

2)- Provide a term for the following definitions: 1 - ……………… It involves using diplomacy, but practicing military power or threaten military action. 2 - ………………Arabic-language satellite television channel established to deliver US messages in Arabic across the Arab world. 3 - ……………… It is based on mixing hard power with soft power by focusing on culture, value and ideology. 4 - ……………… It involves dimensions of international relations beyond traditional diplomacy

3)- Complete the following sentences: 1. Woodrow Wilson's moral policy was based on…………………. . …………………………………… 2. The US Bush administration used a number of mass media in its public diplomacy campaigns in the Arab world such as ………………………………………… 3. The success of a country’s foreign policy depends on…………. . …………………………………… 4. Hard power can be defined as…………………………………… 5. Coercive diplomacy is based on the idea that……………………………………

4 - Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word: deterrence – power –back channel –global – coercive – interests 1. Howard Taft's dollar diplomacy was based on protecting American ……………. by giving money to other governments. 2. ……………. diplomacy is based on using force or threats to use force to reach agreements. 3. The United States continue to act as the ……………. superpower despite the economic and military problems it faces. 4. Nixon and Kissinger both used ……………. communication than direct negotiations. 5. Smart ……………. is used in situations which involve mixing soft and hard power. 6. The United States often used economic sanctions and military threats as a form of ……………. against governments which do not follow its policies.

5)- Match the words in List (A) with words that relate to them in List (B) AB 1. pre-emptive 2. soft 3. global 4. economic 5. back-channel 6. public 7. democratic 8. big stick _____ a. policy _____ b. enlargement _____ c. information _____ d. war _____ e. superpower _____ f. power _____ g. sanctions _____ h. communication

6)- Complete the following news report based on the words from the list: war– nuclear– strategy – crisis – politics – results – brink– practice Brinkmanship can be understood as the ……………. of pushing dangerous events to the ……………. of disaster in order to achieve the most useful …………. It happens in international ……………. foreign policy, diplomatic maneuvers in ……………. situations and military ……………. involving the threat of using ……………. weapons. It was originally applied to the policies of President Eisenhower during the cold……………….