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In 2009, the US provided military assistance of $1.3 billion (equivalent to $1.85 billion in 2025), and economic assistance of $250 million (equivalent to $355 million in 2025) [citation needed] In 1989, both Egypt and Israel became major non-NATO allies of the United States.
Noam Chomsky argues that "U.S. democratic rhetoric and undemocratic substance have a long history," [104] and the United States only supports democracy "if and only if it conforms to U.S. economic and strategic objectives." [105] Such power dynamics associated with democracy discourse can be influential.
U.S. Marines on guard duty in April 2003 near a burning oil well in the Rumaila oil field of Basra, Iraq, following the 2003 U.S. invasion and during the Iraq War.. United States foreign policy in the Middle East has its roots in the early 19th-century Tripolitan War that occurred shortly after the 1776 establishment of the United States as an independent sovereign state, but became much more ...
Since the 19th century, the United States government has participated and interfered, both overtly and covertly, in the replacement of many foreign governments. In the latter half of the 19th century, the U.S. government initiated actions for regime change mainly in Latin America and the southwest Pacific, including the Spanish–American and Philippine–American wars.
Cuba–United States relations. The US government has been accused of supporting Batista's 1952 coup to become president again and his subsequent government to remain in control Cuba. The US has rejected these arguments. [19] Iraq: Saddam Hussein: 1982–1988 Iraq–United States relations and United States support for Iraq during the Iran ...
The grim reality is that too many Americans are skeptical about and alienated from our democracy, and they are willing to entertain some pretty extreme authoritarian “reforms” as an outlet for ...
The 19th century saw the United States transition from an isolationist, post-colonial regional power to a Trans-Atlantic and Trans-Pacific power. From 1790 to 1797, the U.S. Revenue Marine served as the United States' only armed maritime service, tasked with enforcing export duties, and was the predecessor to the United States Coast Guard.
For United States, Indonesia is important for dealing with certain issues; such as terrorism, [251] democracy, and how United States project its relations with Islamic world, since Indonesia has the world's largest Islamic population, and one that honors and respects religious diversity. [252]