A Study On The Influence Of Political Polarization On U.s. Foreign Policy

Political polarization is a unique political phenomenon in the United States and a political feature that has become more and more prominent in recent decades.With the increasing importance of political polarization,its influence is also expanding.At the same time,as one of the most influential countries in the world today,the enormous influence of its domestic political polarization can extend from domestic to international.Paying attention to the phenomenon of American domestic political polarization is of great significance for analyzing American foreign policy and predicting its trend.This paper takes the influence of political polarization on U.S.foreign policy as the topic.This article selects the influence of US political polarization on U.S.foreign policy as an topic.On the one hand,it analyzes the causes and paths of political polarization,and on the other hand,it analyzes the influence of political polarization on U.S.foreign policy.The main structural framework of this paper is:Chapter 1,the concept and history of American political polarization.As a country with a two-party system,the ideological differences between the two parties are constantly widening,and the influence of other comprehensive factors makes the political polarization in the United States more and more serious.In the 1860 s,for the first time,there was political polarization in the United States,the two parties had great differences over economic and slave issues.But the study on political polarization was not really valued until the end of the 20 th century.This chapter mainly discusses the concept of political polarization,sorts out the historical development of political polarization in the United States,analyzes the historical causes of political polarization in the United States,and discusses the development of political polarization in the contemporary United States.Chapter 2,the cause of American political polarization.Before analyzing the impact of political polarization on U.S.foreign policy,this chapter first analyzes the causes of political polarization.The phenomenon of political polarization isinfluenced by many factors.This chapter mainly analyzes the causes of political polarization in the United States from four aspects:the rigidity of party politics,the change of voter structure,the aggravation of the polarization between the rich and the poor,and the change of international status.Chapter 3,the influence path of political polarization on American foreign policy.According to the electoral system and the two-party system in the United States,it can be found that the president,political parties,and voters all have an important influence on the direction of domestic policy and foreign policy,so this chapter from the influence of party politics path,the President,congress paths,the influence of elite-public relations path to analyze the influence of political polarization influence on American foreign policy path.The author thinks that the interaction between these three relations affects American foreign policy,and at the same time also affects American foreign policy as independent factors.Chapter 4,the influence of political polarization on U.S.foreign policy decision-making.After analyzing the history,causes and influence paths of U.S.political polarization,this chapter mainly analyzes the influence of political polarization on American foreign policy.Although political polarization is one of the domestic political phenomenon but its scope has extension from domestic to international.Therefore,to analyzes the influence of political polarization in foreign policy making,and focuses on the changes in the diplomatic level of the United States,which are mainly divided into the following three aspects: the change of the composition of diplomatic departments,the change of foreign policy objectives and the change of diplomatic practice preference.Chapter 5,the future direction of U.S.foreign policy under the background of political polarization.This chapter demonstrates the effect of political polarization on U.S.foreign policy from the perspectives of multilateral relations and allies.At the same time,according to the historical cases of political polarization and the current phenomenon of political polarization in the United States,the future trend of American foreign policy is analyzed,and the prediction is made mainly from three aspects: the importance of the president,the stability of American foreign policy,andthe decision-making process.Finally,this chapter briefly discusses what countermeasures China should take in the face of political polarization in the United States.The author believes that the phenomenon of political polarization in the United States will continue to affect many fields in the future such as domestic and foreign affairs.Both emerging countries and us Allies should attach great importance to this political phenomenon in order to better respond to changes in U.S.foreign policy.