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[[File:American foreign policy 2022.PNG|right|350px|thumb|Scott McConnell is a founding editor of ''The American Conservative'' and the author of ''Ex-Neocon: Dispatches From the Post-9/11 Ideological Wars.''<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Ex-Neocon-Dispatches-Post-Ideological-Wars/dp/1628941952</ref>]]  

[[File:American foreign policy 2022.PNG|right|350px|thumb|Scott McConnell is a founding editor of ''The American Conservative'' and the author of ''Ex-Neocon: Dispatches From the Post-9/11 Ideological Wars.''<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Ex-Neocon-Dispatches-Post-Ideological-Wars/dp/1628941952</ref>]]  

'''American foreign policy''' covers the foreign relations and diplomacy of the United States since 1775. Responsibility is held by the president, the Secretary of State and the [[U.S. Department of State]], the [[National Security Council]], and other agencies such as the departments of Defense and the Treasury.  The [[Washington, D.C.]] foreign policy establishment is commonly referred to as "[[The Blob]]."

'''American foreign policy''' covers the foreign relations and diplomacy of the United States since 1775. Responsibility is held by the president, the Secretary of State and the [[U.S. Department of State]], the [[National Security Council]], and other agencies such as the departments of Defense and the Treasury.  The [[Washington, D.C.]] foreign policy establishment is commonly referred to as "[[The Blob]]."<ref>[[State Dept.]] + [[Pentagon]] + [[CIA]] = the Blob.</ref>

==American Revolution to 1789==

==American Revolution to 1789==