Thank you for all the feedback and recommendation that we add the Domain (issue category) of U.S. Foreign Policy.
We would appreciate your feedback on the following possible sub-topics and descriptions, along with any other sub-topics you believe should be considered:
Possible Domain Sub-Topics
- ↳ U.S.–China Relations: Trade, technology competition & intellectual property rights, Taiwan, human rights, and security in the Pacific.
- ↳ Middle East Policy: U.S. role in Israel–Palestine, Iran nuclear strategy, and Gulf alliances.
- ↳ Russia & Ukraine: Support for Ukraine, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) expansion, sanctions, and energy security.
- ↳ Global Trade & Tariffs: Free trade vs. protectionism, World Trade Organization (WTO) role, and re-shoring/decoupling debates.
- ↳ Defense Spending & Alliances: defense budgets, NATO expansion & burden sharing, and military aid as diplomacy.
- ↳ Immigration & Refugee Policy (as it overlaps domestic/foreign): Humanitarian obligations vs. border security and national interest.
- ↳ Climate Change & International Agreements: U.S. leadership in Paris Accord, climate diplomacy with developing nations.
- ↳ Global Health & Pandemic Response: World Health Organization (WHO), vaccine diplomacy, and preparedness for future outbreaks.
Other Possible Emerging Topics
- ↳ Cybersecurity & Information Warfare: Election interference, cyber-espionage, and AI as a security tool/threat.
- ↳ Energy & Resource Security: Oil, gas, and rare earths as tools of foreign influence and efforts to diminish reliance on foreign states.
- ↳ Africa & the Global South: U.S. approach to China’s Belt and Road initiative, development aid, and resource politics.
