• Mike Huckabee urges a thorough reform of the Unites States' foreign policy. The attitude and tone of America in its foreign policy should change. The nation must open itself up and reach out to others. This should at the same time be with no compromise on the issue of sovereignty of the nation.
• The foreign policy outline of Mike Huckabee revolves around the objectives such as eliminating the terrorist threat, bringing normalcy in Iraq, containing Iran and taking a tough stand with Pakistan.
• Regarding the question of religious terrorism, "A more successful U.S. foreign policy needs to better explain Islamic jihadism to the American people. Given how Americans have thrived on diversity -- religious, ethnic, racial -- it takes an enormous leap of imagination to understand what Islamic terrorists are about, that they really do want to kill every last one of us and destroy civilization as we know it. If they are willing to kill their own children by letting them detonate suicide bombs, then they will also be willing to kill our children for their misguided cause."
• Huckabee also feels that this fight is not against the world but against the terrorists themselves. "My administration will recognize that the United States' main fight today does not pit us against the world but pits the world against the terrorists."
• In the Israel-Palestine issue, Huckabee considers the state of Israel as a strategic ally of the United States of America. At the same time he respects Palestine too. Huckabee is also of the impression that there is no need for Israel to give up Golan Heights or West Bank, a main sticking point.
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