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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"American Foreign Policy"”.
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American Foreign Policy and Islamic Aggression
… Master's thesis is to determine whether or not American foreign policy in the Middle East is a leading cause of Islamic aggression against the United States, and if so, offer policy recommendations on what should be done to reduce this aggression. To make this determination I have performed …
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Inconsistencies in American foreign policy: an examination
Recent American external activities directed towards Libya and Iran have brought to light the inconsistent nature of American foreign policy. This paper is essentially an investigation of these inconsistencies, attempting to illuminate through a multivariate time series analysis whether there are …
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Party attitudes and American foreign policy 1840 to 1860
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A regional approach to American foreign policy : the South Asian experience.
… of the region. This is particularly true of American and Soviet behavior in the subcontinent because of China's limited ability to project its influence. Over the years, the policies and alignments of each of the Superpowers with the states of the region have been constantly shifting. Most of …
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Bondmania: Spy Films, American Foreign Policy, and the New Frontier of the 1960s
… was one that soon came to dominate the culture. Policymakers, politicians, and the CIA used the image of Bond to their benefit, as Bond’s popularity coincided with Kennedy and Johnson’s foreign policy strategy of flexible response, which favored elite strike forces rather than nuclear warfare as …
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Discourses of danger: Robert Strausz-Hupe, geopolitics and American foreign policy, 1939-1961
… theory and how this assists in the making of foreign policy as an approach to international relations. 3) It argues that in the period under study he used geopolitical theory to construct first Germany and then the Soviet Union as threats to US national security, and that the construction of …
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Nixon and Carter: A comparative analysis of American foreign policy toward the Middle East
Nixon and Carter: A Comparative Analysis of American Foreign Policy Toward the Middle East examines the Nixon Administration's policies and objectives toward the Middle East, particularly its handling of the October 1973 Arab-Israeli war, and contrasts them with the Carter Administration's …
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To the brink of empire : Rusk, Kissinger and the transformation of American foreign policy
… that the 1965 decision marks a turning point in American foreign policy by creating a near Machiavellian Moment for the United States characterised by the question of Republic or Empire? To understand how the near-Machiavellian Moment changed American foreign policy, this thesis compares and …
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Seeing red : American foreign policy towards Vietnam and the Khmer Rouge, 1975 to 1982
… During this time, a constellation of pro-Vietnam American business interests, Christian and Jewish-based organizations, and peace advocates backed liberal Congressional proponents of US-Vietnamese rapprochement. Success appeared imminent on two important occasions between 1975 and 1978, but …
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Striking a balance: The centrality of the Hamiltonian/Jeffersonian Debate in American foreign policy development
"Foreign policy is the face a nation wears to the world. The aim is the same for all states--the protection of national integrity and interest. But the manner in which a state conceives and conducts its foreign policy is greatly affected by national peculiarities."{dollar}\sp1{dollar} The focus of …
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The systemic and ideological sources of grand strategic doctrine : American foreign policy in the twentieth century
What explains the puzzling variation in America's foreign policy posture? This study proposes and tests a theory of American grand strategy that places an emphasis on two key variables: the ideological content of American liberalism and geopolitical conditions abroad. It distinguishes between two …
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The St. Lawrence Seaway Bill of 1954: A Case Study of Decision-Making in American Foreign Policy
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-05T17:26:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6100164.pdf: 9819819 bytes, checksum: cd9236123cd4f0811d4a29e1818e4da6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1960
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An analysis of American foreign policy: a case study of the pipeline sanctions against the Soviet Union
… the following questions: What accounts for U.S. foreign policy? Where is causation located in the foreign process? What changes have taken place in this process over the past 20 years and what are its present characteristics? In providing answers to these questions I refer to James Rosenau's …
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Foreign Policy Mismanagement During American Presidential Transitions
Despite vast literature on American foreign policy and presidential decision-making, little attention has been given to the problems associated with presidential transitions. The American presidential transition period is accompanied by three limitations that threaten the effectiveness of …
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“THE GREAT QUESTION”: SLAVERY, SECTIONALISM, AND THE U.S. NAVAL OFFICER CORPS, 1820-1861
… significant influence on the implementation of American foreign policy. With reputations as respected professionals and travelers, they also shaped national discourse with their reports, speeches, and publications. These traits made officers important public figures as the future of slavery …
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The shield of Asia : how deterrence and domestic politics shaped U.S. China policy, 1949-1969
… Shield of Asia” explains the continuity of U.S. foreign policy towards China and the Asia-Pacific region from 1949 to 1969. It considers how domestic politics, ideas about deterrence, and more traditional geostrategic, military, and economic concerns influenced the formation of U.S. foreign …
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