rnational community, but it is important that other countries do not use us every time they need a handout. Therefore, it is clear to see that India is a good country to give relief to, because the gains for the United States are immeasurable. In the process of addressing the threat of a shortage of Natural Resources, it becomes clear that the United States should establish a close relationship with an oil producing country in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia has many benefits from establishing a close relationship. If we are allies with Saudi Arabia, we could have a safe haven that could function as a potential home base for dealing with conflicts in the Middle East as seen in the Persian Gulf War. We could also have ports to refuel our ships in because of Saudi Arabias location. A third benefit from this partnership is perhaps the most important. Being an ally with an oil producing country that is active in OPEC will assure the availability of the oil. The United States could offer assistance to Saudi Arabia for dealing with conflicts in the Middle East in return for all of these benefits that we are getting. Another country involved with oil producing that the United States would be well served by befriending is Russia. Now that Russia is a democracy, we should establish good relations with them. We could give aid in the form of money, helping support their government, and giving food to help their citizens. In return, Russia could help to assure that we would have the oil that we need. By being allies with two major oil-producing countries, we greatly diminish the threat of having a shortage of resources such as oil.Along with the benefits of security of natural resources, aligning ourselves with Russia promotes another important part to our defense policy. It is commonly understood that democracies do not go to war. Therefore, the United States, as part of their defense policy should try to promote the spread of democra...
