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? Somalia American forces, who were there to help distribute food to Somalis affected by the civil war, were killed. Haiti American forces led a UN effort to remove a military dictator who had taken over the government.
The Oslo Accords peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians Yugoslavia Clinton helped bring about the Dayton Accords to stop fighting in the new country of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 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: 1. expanding the community of market democracies around the world; 2. embracing free trade; 3. 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. Cotelea Tatiana Trifan Mihaela umanschi Diana