The Project for the New American Century

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1. The Project for the New American Century (PNAC) is often mentioned in discussions about the administration of George W. Bush, usually to suggest that Bush and members of the PNAC are jointly carrying out a shady foreign policy agenda. But what exactly *is* the PNAC? a non-profit educational organization an off-shoot of a lobbying firm a Political Action Committee (PAC) a front group for the Israeli government

2. After being formed in 1997, the PNAC first came on the public scene on January 26, 1998. What did they do that attracted attention to themselves and their cause? published an open letter to Congress about Iraq published an open letter to president Clinton about Iraq announced the formation of a PAC directed at the 1998 mid-term elections published an open letter in the New York Times about China

3. With which of the following words does the PNAC (in its own publications) frequently describe its policy prescriptions? Reaganite Trumanesque Clintonite Jacksonian

4. After being elected to the Presidency in 2000, George W. Bush appointed or otherwise included numerous members of the PNAC in his administration. Which of the following administration members was NOT a member of the PNAC? Richard Cheney Colin Powell Donald Rumsfeld Paul Wolfowitz

5. In a December 20, 1999 open letter to President Clinton, the PNAC advocated changing American policy toward China with regard to Taiwan. How did they want to change policy? They wanted the U.S. to explicitly state it would come to Taiwan's defense. They wanted the U.S. to encourage reunification. They wanted the U.S. to push for Taiwanese independence. They wrote about Taiwan, but did not advocate any significant policy changes.

6. The June 1997 Statement of Principles listed four general foreign policy objectives. Of the following, which was NOT one of them? "We need to strengthen our ties to democratic allies and to challenge regimes hostile to our interests and values." " We need to accept responsibility for America's unique role in preserving and extending an international order friendly to our security, our prosperity, and our principles." "We need to promote the cause of political and economic freedom abroad." "We need to partner with cooperative regimes regardless of their internal characteristics."

7. The PNAC has been involved in an ongoing disagreement with a group of international relations scholars adhering to the neorealist theoretical perspective, most notably Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer, who included the PNAC in an analysis of what they considered to be excessive Israeli influence of American foreign policy. On what issue(s) do the members of the PNAC and neorealists disagree? The proper use of military force in foreign policy. The democratic peace thesis. The merits of morality as a driving force of foreign policy. All of these

8. When John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt published their paper "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy," PNAC member Eliot Cohen publicly attacked them in The Washington Post. What did he accuse them of being? naive Marxists pacifists anti-Semites

9. When did the PNAC begin advocating 'regime change' in Iraq? 1999 2001 2000 1998

10. One of the most prominent members of PNAC in academia is Robert Kagan (author of "Of Paradise and Power"), and he has devoted considerable energy to arguing against the idea that the PNAC prescriptions amount to imperialism. During a debate held at the American Enterprise Institute in July 2003, to what did Kagan compare the United States? the police the mob the parents the United Nations