21st+Century+World+G3

=21st Century World=

Overview
Dear John and Abigail Adams, there were many significant global issues and conflicts that directly impacted American foreign policy decisions. In 1989 the Berlin wall came down. Also in that year President Bush sent troops to Panama and captured Manuel Norig on drug charges. In 1991 the United States along with a coalition of 32 countries aid Kuwait in order to force Iraq to pull out of Kuwait, the conflict is called the Persian Gulf War. In 1993 the United States, Mexico, and Canada sign the North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA. In 1993 the United States along with a multinational coalition intervenes in a genocide in Somalia. In 1994 after the democratically elected president of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was over thrown in 1991 the U.S. invades Haiti and restores him to power. Also in 1994 Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization sign a peace agreement. Between 1994 and 1995 the US launches air strikes in order to prevent ethnic cleansing in Bosnia after they declared their independence. In 1995 the U.S. becomes a founding member of the World Trade Organization; today 153 countries belong to the WTO. In 1999 the U.S. along with other NATO countries launch air strikes in Kosovo a province of Yugoslavia, where Serbian forces lead by Slobodan Milošević have embarked on a path of ethnic cleansing of the Albanian population. In 2001 Al Qaeda, a terrorist group based out of Afghanistan, hijacks four air planes. The air planes hit the two World Trade towers in New York, the Pentagon in Washington DC, and one crashes in a field. As a result of the attacks the U.S. declares a war on terrorism. Operation Enduring Freedom is started as the U.S. invades Afghanistan in a move to disrupt the Taliban. In 2003 the U.S. declares a war Iraq, Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Issues in Detail

 * **Berlin Wall Falls November 9, 1989**
 * Operation Desert Storm August 2, 1990
 * PLO- Israeli Agreement May 4,1994