The Obama administration continues to face all of the following concerns regarding USChina relations except
a. the undervalued Chinese currency in the global marketplace.
b. the refusal by the Dalai Lama to meet with President Obama at the White House.
c. the restrictions placed on American access to the Chinese market.
d. the protection of intellectual property rights in China.
e. the dependence on China to purchase U.S. Treasury notes to fund U.S. deficit.
The New START Treaty between Russia and the United States includes all of the following provisions except
a. reducing deployed nuclear delivery vehicles by about 50 percent.
b. limiting deployed vehicles to a maximum of 700.
c. each side reducing their number of warheads to 1550.
d. decreasing ballistic missiles housed in Poland by 40 percent.
e. reducing by 30 percent the warheads allowed under the Strategic Arms Offensive Treaty (SORT) Treaty.
Which of the following specific working points was NOT included by Presidents Obama and Medvedev in the 2009 Bilateral Presidential Commission between Russia and the United States?
a. To create 13 working groups, ranging from terrorism to health and environment
b. To strive to deepen cooperation in concrete ways by jointly addressing challenges
c. To give diplomacy a chance before resorting to military action
d. To address disagreements openly and honestly with mutual respect
e. To face the issue of defense against the proliferation of ballistic missiles
What were the Proximity Talks the Obama administration engaged in when confronting the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
a. George Mitchell, the U.S. Middle East Envoy, would meet each side separately and seek to improve the atmosphere for negotiations to eventually lead to direct talks.
b. The repudiation of the U.S. acknowledgment of the land seized by Israel during the Six-Day War.
c. The negotiation of building homes and schools on the Gaza Strip as a step toward peaceful resettlement of the area.
d. The talks held with leaders of Arab Spring states, with the stated goal that peace in the region would encourage peace between the Israelis and Palestinians.
e. The summit held between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the efforts of Iran to develop nuclear weapons.
The action taken by the European Union to prohibit the import, purchase, and transport of Iranian crude oil by July 2012 was an example of which kind of foreign policy strategy?
a. Resolution
b. Sanction
c. Enlargement
d. Trade negotiation
e. Statement
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