The Clinton Doctrine.

Born: August 19, 1946 (Hope, Arkansas);

42-nd President of the United States;
Governor of Arkansas: January 11, 1983
December 12, 1992;
In office: January 20, 1993 January 20, 2001;
Political party: Democratic;
Profession: Lawyer
Politician
Spouse: Hillary Rodham;

Character is a journey not a

destination

 President Clinton assumed office shortly after the fall of the

Soviet Union and end of the Cold War.
Clinton spent much of his foreign policy on the conflicts in
the former Yugoslavia,
East Timor,
Northern Ireland,
the Middle East.
He did help Israel and Jordan achieve an historic peace treaty
and assisted in the creation of an accord between Israel and the
Palestinians.
He became a global proponent for an
expanded NATO, more open international
trade and a worldwide campaign against
drug trafficking.

What were some major foreign-policy challenges facing

Clinton?

The Oslo Accords

peace agreement
between Israel
and the Palestinians

Yugoslavia
Clinton helped bring
about the Dayton Accords
to stop fighting in the Haiti
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Foreign Policy Challenges

Oslo Accords
Clinton hosted the signing of
a peace agreement between
Israel and the Palestinians.
Agreed to self-rule for
Palestinians in return for the
Palestinians recognizing
Israels right to exist.
He also helped broker the
Sharm el-Sheikh
Memorandum against
terrorism in September 1999,
and the peace treaty between
Jordan and Israel in October
1994.

Foreign Policy Challenges

Somalia
-Bush sent

troops to
help the UN distribute
food to victims of the
civil war.
-UN forces also worked
to end the fighting.
-After a number of
Americans died,
Clinton withdrew the
remaining soldiers.
-Stopped U.S. from
sending help to
Rwanda.

Foreign Policy Challenges

Haiti
-Clinton

pledged the
use of American
troops to lead a UN
mission to remove a
military dictator.

-The

presence of UN
forces helped bring
about a generally
peaceful change in
government.

Foreign Policy Challenges

Former Yugoslavia
Violence raged between the
new countries formed from
the breakup of Yugoslavia.
Clinton helped broker the
Dayton Accords to end
fighting in Bosnia and
Herzegovina.
He urged NATO to act
against Serbia.
The Serb army was forcing
ethnic Albanians from the
Serbian region of Kosovo.

Doctrine of Enlargement

The doctrine was based on:

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expanding the community of market democracies

around the world;
embracing free trade;
embracing multilateral peacekeeping efforts and
international alliances.

It's easy ... to say that we really have no interests in who lives in this or that
valley in Bosnia, or who owns a strip of brushland in the Horn of Africa, or some
piece of parched earth by the Jordan River. But the true measure of our interests
lies not in how small or distant these places are, or in whether we have trouble
pronouncing their names. The question we must ask is, what are the consequences
to our security of letting conflicts fester and spread. We cannot, indeed, we should
not, do everything or be everywhere. But where our values and our interests are at
stake, and where we can make a difference, we must be prepared to do so.
(February 26, 1999)

Notable accomplishments

Two new massive trade agreements: NAFTA (1993) and a revision

of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1994.
Russia was successfully persuaded to withdraw troops from the
Baltic Republics of Estonia and Latvia in 1994.
In the Middle East, the administration facilitated negotiations
between Israeli and Palestinian leaders
The Partnership for Peace program, offering former Soviet
republics and Central/East European states closer ties with NATO

Other international challenges

Dealings with former Soviet Union

The President lobbied successfully for the inclusion of Poland,

Hungary, and the Czech Republic into the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO).
Working through the provisions of the Nunn-Lugar Act, the
administration provided extensive technical assistance and
funding to the former Soviet states in the safeguarding of
nuclear power plants.

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