Describe some of the ways the executive branch of the US government influences foreign policy. Then identify one executive organization that plays a major role in foreign policy and explain its power and responsibilities.

The foreign policy of the United States is the result of a complex elaboration process, of great contradictory debates solved by arbitrations. On the other hand, the American constitutional system provides for an accurate distribution of powers (checks and balances), which gives the different actors (presidency, Congress, civil society, etc.) a power capable of influencing in a very different way the elaboration of the foreign policy of the United States. This observation differs from the commonly accepted opinion about the idea of a power gathered in the hands of a few, ending in a monolithic policy and without debate.

Executive actions: The president negotiates treaties with foreign nations. He is also the Commander in Chief of the armed forces, and as such has broad authority over them, once they are deployed. The Secretary of State is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United States and is the primary conductor of international diplomacy.

A good form of external intervention is represented by The United States Ambassador to the United Nations is the holder of the permanent mission of the United States to the United Nations Organization. The position is more formally known as "Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations. "; He is also called the Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations. This ambassador can expose the opinion of the country's executive power in the world, and at the same time influence other countries to act in the way they deem necessary