SENATE BILL: October 2012 Foreign Policy Review (Passed)

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Although I am quite pleased with how the policies linked to are laid out, my initial reaction would be to propose the following:

1. Revisit all of our trade restrictions intended to punish unsavory regimes, and determine whether they are actually working or merely contributing to the hardships of the people. If the former happens to be the case in a given country it's time for us to find new strategies.

2. Recognize the existence of Palestine. Our foreign policies still support Israeli interests more than they really ought to until a two-state settlement is reached. Lending the West Bank part of Palestine "Most Priority" status might help us place considerably greater pressure on Israel to stop dragging its feet on this matter.

3. We should give Canada the economic status of "Most Priority" in pursuance of economic and political integration betwixt our two countries.

4. Let's offer Brazil, Ghana, Kenya, Russia, and South Africa relationships with Atlasia which would require the respective partners to freely exchange intelligence without the additional requirement of getting entangled in otherwise strong military alliances with those countries.

5. On account of their less than satisfactory efforts to uphold and preserve human rights, I reckon we ought to impose partial military restrictions on: Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Armenia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Comoros, Cote d’Ivoire, East Timor, Ecuador, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Moldova, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Palestine, Paraguay, Philippines, Qatar, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somaliland, South Korea, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Sahara, and Zambia.