IN CLASS ORAL PRESENTATION (5 minutes) - PS 210
Choose 1 of the leaders, policies, crises, or countries below and be able to explain policy
goals/strategies/problems of the various leaders or states.
Metternich
Palmerston
Stresseman
F. Roosevelt
Gorbachev
Castlereagh
Napolean III
Hitler
Stalin
Reagan
Tsar Alexander I
Disraeli
Woodrow Wilson
DeGaulle
Nixon
Bismarck
Gladstone
T. Roosevelt
Churchill
Kissinger
Describe British European Policy concerns in late 19th to early 20th century.
Describe French European Policy concerns in late 19th to early 20th century.
Describe Austrian European Policy concerns in late 19th to early 20th century.
Describe Russian European Policy concerns in late 19th to early 20th century.
Describe German European Policy concerns in late 19th to early 20th century.
Describe British or French policies toward Germany after WW I.
Explain reasons for the cold war. (Soviet vs. US views)
Kennan’s “Mr. X” and his Long Telegram ideas
Explain containment or détente policy.
Explain the strengths and weaknesses or problems involved in one of these policies,
crises, or organizations: Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, NATO, Berlin (1948 or 195862), Korean War, Vietnam War, Suez Crisis, Hungarian Crisis, Nixon Doctrine,
negotiating with the Soviets in Post WW II period, or the impact of nuclear weapons on
the cold war.
Explain the end of the cold war.
What should US foreign policy focus on in the New World Order, according to
Kissinger?