What can we do to improve international relationships with the USA?

I am writing a research paper regarding issues that other states have with the US, and what we can do to improve the USA's relationships with these states. If anybody would please post why/who hates the US, and what we can do to improve the situation....it would be greatly appreciated.

BTW....please do not post "B/C OF BUSH...." etc......even though I am sure he has his hand in the cookie jar,....try and give a more thorough answer....

Thank you for your opinions!

I think your reply sucks!

I am not using replies in my paper, I am simply interested in finding out what the intellectuals of this website have to say about the topic...

Duh I can search google to find information on US FOREIGN POLICY (which, is so general, you must have been joking). I do not want to learn about it, I want to know what YOU think about it!

Thank you

haha nice.

The first and most important thing is to bring back America. Right now the USA that was revered is dead.

We need to take Neo Cons out of power. They are the ones pushing war, world domination (literally) of military and economic resources. I'm sure there is some type of "Democratic" equivilant that needs to be barred as well.

But right now, the Neo Cons are the ones we are allowing to torture, this plus our war of aggression marks our biggest stains, and with our domestic and even foreign policies being pulled straight out of your basic condemned communist and fascist manifesto, no one will trust us.

I don't think enough people grasp just how drastically we have eroded the world's opinion of us. From a outcry of support on a level not known since the holocaust, 9/11 brought us closer to the world than ever.

It took some serious fucking up to get us here.

Or let me put it this way, for those with the shorter attention spans (I feel ya)...

We will improve these relationships when we stop doing things we tell other people not to.

Excerpt: British believe Bush is more dangerous than Kim Jong-il
· US allies think Washington threat to world peace
· Only Bin Laden feared more in United Kingdom

Julian Glover
London Guardian
Fri day, November 3, 2006



America is now seen as a threat to world peace by its closest neighbours and allies, according to an international survey of public opinion published today that reveals just how far the country's reputation has fallen among former supporters since the invasion of Iraq.
Carried out as US voters prepare to go to the polls next week in an election dominated by the war, the research also shows that British voters see George Bush as a greater danger to world peace than either the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, or the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Both countries were once cited by the US president as part of an "axis of evil", but it is Mr Bush who now alarms voters in countries with traditionally strong links to the US.


The survey has been carried out by the Guardian in Britain and leading newspapers in Israel (Haaretz), Canada (La Presse and Toronto Star) and Mexico (Reforma), using professional local opinion polling in each country.
It exposes high levels of distrust. In Britain, 69% of those questioned say they believe US policy has made the world less safe since 2001, with only 7% thinking action in Iraq and Afghanistan has increased global security.
The finding is mirrored in America's immediate northern and southern neighbours, Canada and Mexico, with 62% of Canadians and 57% of Mexicans saying the world has become more dangerous because of US policy.

Even in Israel, which has long looked to America to guarantee national security, support for the US has slipped.

Only one in four Israeli voters say that Mr Bush has made the world safer, outweighed by the number who think he has added to the risk of international conflict, 36% to 25%. A further 30% say that at best he has made no difference.

Voters in three of the four countries surveyed also overwhelmingly reject the decision to invade Iraq, with only Israeli voters in favour, 59% to 34% against. Opinion against the war has hardened strongly since a similar survey before the US presidential election in 2004.

In Britain 71% of voters now say the invasion was unjustified, a view shared by 89% of Mexicans and 73% of Canadians. Canada is a Nato member whose troops are in action in Afghanistan. Neither do voters think America has helped advance democracy in developing countries, one of the justifications for deposing Saddam Hussein. Only 11% of Britons and 28% of Israelis think that has happened.

As a result, Mr Bush is ranked with some of his bitterest enemies as a cause of global anxiety. He is outranked by Osama bin Laden in all four countries, but runs the al-Qaida leader close in the eyes of UK voters: 87% think the al-Qaida leader is a great or moderate danger to peace, compared with 75% who think this of Mr Bush.

The US leader and close ally of Tony Blair is seen in Britain as a more dangerous man than the president of Iran (62% think he is a danger), the North Korean leader (69%) and the leader of Hizbullah, Hassan Nasrallah (65%).

Only 10% of British voters think that Mr Bush poses no danger at all. Israeli voters remain much more trusting of him, with 23% thinking he represents a serious danger and 61% thinking he does not.

Contrary to the usual expectation, older voters in Britain are slightly more hostile to the Iraq war than younger ones. Voters under 35 are also more trusting of Mr Bush, with hostility strongest among people aged 35-65.

· ICM interviewed a random sample of 1,010 adults by telephone from October 27-30. Interviews were conducted across the country and the results have been weighted to the profile of all adults. Polling was by phone in Canada (sample 1,007), Israel (1,078) and Mexico (1,010)

First, open up Google Scholar.

http://scholar.google.com/schhp?hl=en&tab=ws&q=

Then, I'd recommend searching the following...
"neo-colonialism"
"neo-colonialism" + "united states"
"neo-colonialism" + "united states" + "foreign policy"
"united states" + "foreign policy"
"capitalism" + "united states"
"capitalism" + "united states" + "foreign policy"
"hegemony" + "united states"
"hegemony" + "united states" + "foreign policy"
"neo-colonialism" + reactions
"neo-colonialism" + middle east
"neo-colonialism" + central america
"neo-colonialism" + latin america
"united states" + "foreign policy" + reactions
"united states" + "foreign policy" + middle east
"united states" + "foreign policy" + central america
"united states" + "foreign policy" + latin america
"united states" + "foreign policy" + southeast asia

Specific case studies you might want to use...
Iraq 2003, Kosovo 1999, Haiti 1994, Panama 1989, Nicaragua 1980-1990, Iraq/Iran 1979-1989, Grenada 1983.

On the individual level, apart from Bush... Reagan and Truman have been even worse in eroding US relationships with the rest of the world. It's just that they didn't do it as quickly, or with so much transparency. If you've read "The Bush Doctrine" (probably posted somewhere on this site), it's obvious that it is simply a combination and expedience of the Truman and Reagan doctrines.

You could also choose to focus on the international perception of recent domestic policy shifts toward arguable despotism, but I feel that this is less relevant as it has yet to fully develop.

While he leans toward radical leftism, Noam Chomsky's book "Hegemony or Survival" might be a good resource, as well as the entire series of "No-Nonsense Guides".

Goodluck.

PS- I assume that you have access to online periodical databases. I recommend writing down the names of the journals, volumes, issues, authors, and years, along with an abstract if available, of all articles that look interesting... (via Google Scholar)... then look them up later via whatever method you use to access electronic journal articles.