“I can see Russia from my house.” So spoke comedienne Tina Fey impersonating Governor Sarah Palin in a recent Saturday Night Live skit poking fun at the Governor’s foreign policy acumen among other perceived foibles. This skit reflects the actual criticism of Governor Palin’s foreign policy credentials by the Obama campaign and various political and media pundits. Much of this disparagement is based on the extent of her political experience – Mayor of a small Alaskan city and Governor of a state with a population of approximately 670,000 (according to the US Census Bureau estimate of 2006). Do they have a point? Just how important is wider foreign policy experience to a person who would be the proverbial “heartbeat…