https://padlet.com/ishantehunterasu/ly6r2xbtmi6890kz Lesson 8: Foreign Policy and Policymaking en-us 2022-04-07 14:59:55 UTC 2022-04-28 14:18:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f6a9.png ishantehunterasu https://padlet.com/ishantehunterasu/ly6r2xbtmi6890kz/wish/2157176635 Policy areas: 

• Democracy: three branches of government (legislative, executive, legislative); 87,000 sub-national governments
  • The Basics of American Goverment
• Economics:  GDP =  $22.9 trillion (2021 est.) 
  • https://www.statista.com/topics/772/gdp/
• Education: #1* high school diploma: 194 million (90% of adults 25 or older)
  • https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/education-rankings-by-country
• Healthcare: no single healthcare system
  • https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/05/global-health-rankings/
• Environment: energy based on fossil fuels; limited use of natural gas, solar, power
  • https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2020/06/04/US-ranks-24th-in-newly-released-2020-Environmental-Performance-Index/9421591282409/
• Immigration: 48.2 million; world's highest immigrant population
  • https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/us-immigration-by-country
• Foreign Policy: #1 most influential country in the world
  • https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/most-influential-countries
• Media: #48 in the world 
  • https://rsf.org/en/2019-world-press-freedom-index-cycle-fear 
• Citizenship: Birthright
• Infrastructure: #13 in the world
  • https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2021/04/30/us-infrastructure-ranking/

]]> 2022-04-25 18:54:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ishantehunterasu/ly6r2xbtmi6890kz/wish/2157176635 https://padlet.com/ishantehunterasu/ly6r2xbtmi6890kz/wish/2159194007 Ghana is a unitary constitutional democracy led by there president who is head of state and head of government. Ghana Growth domestic product is 65.56 billion dollars. The United States of America established a diplomatic relations with Ghana in 1975 following Ghanas independence from the United Kingdom. They are alike in many ways such as there both a democracy. There also different in many ways because they have different issue they have to address and one is way more developed and bigger than the other.]]> 2022-04-26 19:59:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ishantehunterasu/ly6r2xbtmi6890kz/wish/2159194007 https://padlet.com/ishantehunterasu/ly6r2xbtmi6890kz/wish/2160775586 I decided to go with the country United Arab Emirates. This country is most known for the city Dubai. The United Arab Emirates is not a democracy meaning that citizens do not have the right to change government or form political parties. The GPD of this country is 421.1 billion USD. The United Arab Emirates have a good relationship with the United States. It is that they have close relations and strong allies.

]]> 2022-04-27 17:07:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ishantehunterasu/ly6r2xbtmi6890kz/wish/2160775586 https://padlet.com/ishantehunterasu/ly6r2xbtmi6890kz/wish/2160815416 I chose to do the country of South Korea. Tourists are usually more attracted towards their beautiful capital, Seoul, as well as the famous K-Pop group, BTS. The government of South Korea is a centralized democratic republic with the three primary branches of government; executive, legislative and judicial. The GDP of South Korea is $1.631 trillion USD (2020).The relationship is the United States and South Korea have been allies under the 1953 Mutual Defense Treaty. They are similar because (South) Korea and the United States belong to a number of the same international organizations, including the United Nations, G-20, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and World Trade Organization. They are different because the United States is about 99 times bigger than South Korea.]]> 2022-04-27 17:31:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ishantehunterasu/ly6r2xbtmi6890kz/wish/2160815416 https://padlet.com/ishantehunterasu/ly6r2xbtmi6890kz/wish/2160918499 China is not recognized as a democratic country, but rather as a authorities state which is characterized as a dictatorship. China even uses mass surveillance to monitor their citizens every move. China's GDP as of 2020 is 14.72 trillion dollars. China and the U.S relationship is a really complicated one ever since 1949]]> 2022-04-27 18:34:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ishantehunterasu/ly6r2xbtmi6890kz/wish/2160918499 https://padlet.com/ishantehunterasu/ly6r2xbtmi6890kz/wish/2160957384 Policy areas: Republic
Semi-presidential

Economics GDP: 49.87 billion USD (2020) https://datatopics.worldbank.org/world-development-indicators/ 

Education: The lit. rate is 77%. https://uil.unesco.org/case-study/effective-practices-database-litbase-0/congo-literacy-project-democratic-republic-congo#:~:text=In%20DRC%20it%20is%20difficult,men%20and%2066.5%25%20for%20women. 

Citizenship: Birth or naturalization.]]> 2022-04-27 19:02:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ishantehunterasu/ly6r2xbtmi6890kz/wish/2160957384 malachi14louis https://padlet.com/ishantehunterasu/ly6r2xbtmi6890kz/wish/2161045089 The nation declares itself to be an "indivisible, secular, democratic, and social Republic". France has a GDP of 2.603 trillion USD in 2020. The United States and France are among the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (P5). Relations between the United States and France are active and friendly. The two countries share common values and have similar policies on most economic, political, and security issues.]]> 2022-04-27 20:12:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ishantehunterasu/ly6r2xbtmi6890kz/wish/2161045089 https://padlet.com/ishantehunterasu/ly6r2xbtmi6890kz/wish/2162716947 New Zealand is a the first true democracy, back in 1893 they granted the women to vote which was considered a landmark and New Zealand was the first country to do this. They’re known for their “free and fair elections”. Their Gpd is around 212.5 Billion USD and they have a “strategic relationship with the U.S. ]]> 2022-04-28 14:18:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ishantehunterasu/ly6r2xbtmi6890kz/wish/2162716947