Pageant Questions: Foreign Policy / International Politics

Pageant Sample Questions: Your Views on Foreign Policy

• How do you think the reelection of President Obama will be received by other countries?


• U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has denied that the Justice Department was trying to clock a Republican probe into "Operation Fast and Furious", the botched gun-trafficking investigation that allowed illegal guns to fall into the hands of Mexican drug traffickers and led to the killing of an Arizona Border Patrol agent.  Do you think that Mr.  Holder knew about the operation and is concealing that fact?  How would you like to see the scandal handled?


• What do you think about the USA removing its support of President Mubarak in Egypt, only to have the Muslim Brotherhood rise to prominence?


• Reports say that the United States gives $1.5 billion of tax-payer's money as foreign aid payments to the Egyptian government each year. If the Muslim Brotherhood, which has ties to Hamas, rises to control of Egypt, should US tax-payers' money continue to be sent to Egypt?


• Where is the West Bank - and why is it important?


• What do you think about Israel's handling of the Palestinian situation?


• Given China’s recent espionage of U.S. technology secrets, how would you deal with China in trade matters?
• Since the U.S. government is responsible for more than a third of all the government debt in the entire world, do you think our generosity has gone too far? Would you support our country lowering the amount of money it gives to other nations?
  
• Given China’s human rights records, do you support it being granted favored trade status?


• What do you think about Isreal's policies regarding Jewish settlements in the West Bank?


• Do you consider Russia to be a sleeping threat to the U.S.?


• If you worked for the State Department, what suggestions would you make for public policy? Foreign policy?


• Where is the West Bank - and why is it important?


• What do you think about the elections in Palestine?


• Do you think that the violence in Iraq will eventually expand to include Syria?


• Does our nation belong in Iraq?


• Given our reliance on the Middle East for oil, do you agree with environmental groups who have succeeded in banning offshore drilling in the US?


• Given our reliance on the Middle East for oil, do you agree with environmental groups Americans should not drill for oil in Alaska or off our shores?


• How do you think the United States should handle North Korea?


• Do you think that the United States should simply assassinate leaders such as Saddam Hussein rather than lose so many young Americans' lives on the battle field to remove such tyrants?


• What is your opinion on the issue of Palestinian self-rule?


• Do you think that Fidel Castro should be assassinated?


• How might the U.S. help rebuild the Soviet economy? Should we try?


• Do you think the citizens of the U.S. and other western nations should be paying to rebuild oil-rich but war-ravaged Iraq at a cost of roughly $55 billion?


• What is your opinion about how unbridled sending by our federal government is putting us in the position of being hugely indebted to Communist China, the country which is buying most of our debt and keeping the US financial system afloat?


• Greece faces possible financial collapse that could cause a domino-effect throughout world financial markets, due to many of the same excessive spending and debt policies we have in the US. Do you have concerns that the USA may face similar catastrophic financial? If so, what measure do you feel the country needs to take to avoid financial doomsday?


• Why do you think there is so much anti-American sentiment worldwide now?


• Do you support divestment in nations that allow apartheid?


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