The goal of any nation has and the means it uses to pursue them are influenced by its traditions, core values, ideology, and advantages and limitations imposed by its geographical locations, size, and wealth relative to other nations. Here, American foreign policy terms include Physical Security, Physical Security of neighbors and allies, Economic security, and Extending our sphere of influence. Extending our sphere of influence, it has a meaning that it keeps foreign power out of the Caribbean and Latin America. In other word, US foreign policy- extend our sphere of influence term try to spread our influence by promoting democracy, capitalism, and western cultural values. Each of these has a certain way to influence its power. For instance, Concrete ways of sharing values include a system of public libraries around the world, maintained by the U.S. Department of state, to disseminate information on our government, economy, and popular culture and academic exchange between American and foreign artists and scholars each year.
Second goal is to protect our economic security. Even in our dealings with our closest allies, economic self interest is almost always a factor of foreign policy. Trade mission and participation in the international organization that govern trade relations crucial to achieving our foreign policy goals, even though most of the public pays scant attention to them. Third term is to protect physical security of neighbors and allies and major democratic allies. After World War II we have committed to NATO to join in the defense of Canada and western Europe nevertheless, its purpose is to protecting the physical security of western Europe by deterring Soviet aggression, seems far less relevant now with the end of the soviet union. Also, there are our principle military allies, with whom we share cultural