Located on the Pacific coast, El Salvador is the smallest and most populous country in Central America. United States foreign policy toward El Salvador is best explained by President Obama's approach to Latin America, where the United States focuses on economic growth and equality, energy and climate control, as well as regional and citizen security (Foreign Policy, 2012). This is best explained using the international level of analysis and neoliberalism where global structure and economic interdependence form the foundation of American foreign policy. To ensure that one can see the transparency of the US methodology, I will recount the history of El Salvador, the creation of US interest in El Salvador and finally the current agreements and the results they offer to both nations . Before I get to the important aspects of the article, I will define some of the essential terms to ensure that the order in which I give this essay will make sense as well as the policy terms that I provide. First, proponents of “neoliberalism” advocate the global development of democracy, open markets and free trade (Papp, 2005). Second, the level of analysis I will use is the "international level", to which I will refer to the nation [as a whole], international governmental organizations such as the United Nations, non-governmental organizations such as Doctors Without Borders and to the global community. allies or not] (Papp, 2005). Later, I will present my counterargument in which I will use classical realism and the domestic level of analysis to support my rebuttal. Classical realism refers to the school of thought that holds that "a nation's foreign relations should rest on a foundation...... middle of article....../topic/181798/El -SalvadorForeign Policy. (2012). Retrieved April 21, 2012 from the White House: http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/foreign-policyUnderstanding the WTO: Membership & Observers. (2012). Accessed April 2012 from the World Trade Organization: http://www.wto.org/Benavides, M. (2008). El Salvador in the era of globalization. CANADIAN WOMAN STUDIES/LES CAHIERS DE LA FEMME.Filosophia. (nd). Retrieved April 2012 from Ministerio de Relaciones Outsidees de El Salvador: http://www.rree.gob.sv/index.php?/marco-institucional/filosofia.phpHobby, ET (2007). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Nations. Detroit: Gale, Cengage Learning. Papp, D.S. (2005). American foreign policy. Pearson Education, Inc. Stanley, W.D. (2006). El Salvador: state building before. Quaternary Third World. Wolf, S. (2009). Subverting democracy: elite rule and. Cambridge Press.