Describe Jimmy Carter’s biggest foreign policy success and his biggest foreign policy failure.
Jimmy Carter's biggest foreign policy success was the signing of the Camp David Accords in 1978. This agreement, brokered by Carter between Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, laid the groundwork for a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, ending decades of hostilities between the two countries in the region.
On the other hand, Jimmy Carter's biggest foreign policy failure was the Iran hostage crisis in 1979. Iranian revolutionaries stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran and held 52 American diplomats and citizens hostage for 444 days. Carter's inability to secure their release, despite various attempts, damaged his reputation and contributed to his loss in the 1980 presidential election to Ronald Reagan.