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Showing 1 to 20 of 111 for “"Post Cold War"”.
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NATO's Post-Cold War Internal Adaptations
This decade has seen radical political change in Europe. NATO, as the primary security institution in Europe, has responded to these events by restructuring itself. NATO began by creating a new Strategic Concept based on the threats it foresaw in the new European setting. NATO then adapted its …
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Russia's Nuclear Doctrine For the Post-Cold War Era
… military force, backed by a credible nuclear warfighting capability, provides the essential means for exercising political and military power throughout the world. The Russians have devised a military doctrine that broadly outlines a blueprint of Russia's goals and objectives. Nuclear weapons …
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Ballistic Missile Defense in the Post-Cold War Era
… equipped with nuclear, chemical and biological warheads. This thesis reviews U.S. ballistic missile defense policies and programs from the inception of the Strategic Defense Initiative, and in the context of the ABM Treaty. While there are several possible ways to deal with the ballistic missile …
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China's security interests in the post-cold war era
… terms of a wider definition of security, in the post-Cold War era. First and foremost, it must be stated that the concept of security here is broadly conceived, which is congruent to the Chinese emphasis on comprehensiveness (quan mian hua). In particular, this thesis aims to incorporate …
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Defense policymaking: the post-cold war roles and missions debate.
… to formulate and implement defense policy for a post-Cold War environment. This thesis begins with a brief overview on the origins of the present day roles and missions debate, and is followed by an examination of the Goldwater-Nichols Act that provides insight as to how legislators might work …
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NATO and post-Cold War German-American relations (1990-1997
… period played a central role in satisfying the post-Cold War needs of Bonn and Washington. In the new European state system, the new Ostpolitik, European integration, and a continued German-American security connection within the Atlantic Alliance are the defining elements. This thesis examines …
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United States post-Cold War drug and trade policy and Mexico
… a framework for explanations of the drug war's failure and its incongruity with other regional interests, most notably trade. It suggests three potential theoretical interests, most notably trade. It suggests three potential theoretical approaches - a conspiracy (realist) theory, a …
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Japan's Defense and Foreign Policy Strategy in the Post Cold War World
With the end of the Cold War, the security environment surrounding Japan has changed. The threat of the Soviet Union has vanished but several security issues remain. This thesis begins with a summary of Japan's defense and foreign policy since 1947, examining U.S.-Japan relations, Japan's nuclear …
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An Examination of Post-Cold War American and Russian Space Launch Systems
… Union always operated under a certain amount of Cold War competition. With the Cold War over, that competition no longer drives a push into space. For the Russian Federation, heir to the defunct Soviet Union, this has resulted in fundamental changes in policy and uncertainty as to the continued …
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Conditions Affecting the Outcome of Peace Operations in Post-Cold War Africa
<p>What factors have led to successful outcomes in international peace operations conducted in Sub Saharan African countries? What factors explain mission failure? I proposed a basic theory of peace operations that linked conflict conditions to mandate design to the capability of an intervening …
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The dilemmas of United Nations peacekeeping in the post Cold War era
Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Political Science, 2001
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Policy Jolts in U.S. Arms Transfers: The Post Cold War Security Environment
… subject of conventional arms transfers in the Post Cold War Era. ("Conventional arms" herein are defined as high cost, state-of-the-art weapons systems in aerospace, land vehicles, missiles and naval vessels.") The rapid and startling changes in the international political environment that took …
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Momentary Magic: Magical Realism as Literary Activism in the Post-Cold War US Ethnic Novel
In the aftermath of the Cold War, the social climate was largely hostile toward minority activist rhetoric. In this era, some US writers of color turned to magical realism – a genre typically associated with Latin American authors of the 1960s – to criticize social injustice through the use of …
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Reinventing geopolitical codes in the post-Cold War world with special reference to international terrorism
… of the Westphalian sovereign state in the post-Cold War world. Focusing primarily on the events of September 11th 2001 and their aftermath, the research questions the sustainability of the state as conceived by (neo)realists in the context of new regional and global actors and the processes …
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Facing new challenges: adapting the NZDF and ADF to the post-Cold War security environment
… and New Zealand Defence Forces during the post-Cold War period. It has been motivated partly by a desire to clear up the confusion that has sometimes developed over recent force structure changes in both countries, as well as a desire to make recommendations for enhanced practise. The …
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The limits of a global partnership: Japan's foreign relations in the post-Cold War world
… the framework for their leadership roles in the post Cold War international order. On the contrary, I demonstrate that both the US and Japan had realist based intentions in mind with the announcement of a global partnership, and argue that realist theories of international relations, particularly …
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Reconceptualising South Africa's international identity : post-apartheid foreign policy in a post-cold war world
… widely recognised as a bastion of old-guard stalwarts; the ANC and NP have done little to reconcile their past international experiences; and. the information flow on international political and economic trends has barely improved since April 1994, leaving interest groups and private citizens in …
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