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Showing 1 to 20 of 79 for “"U.S. foreign policy"”.
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U.S. foreign policy and Iraqi Kurdish separatism
This thesis addresses United States foreign policy toward Iraq, focusing on U.S. policy toward the Iraqi Kurds in the latter half of the 20th century. Specifically, it examines how U.S. policy has responded to Iraqi Kurdish separatism from the post World War II period until the present. By …
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Images of China in U.S. foreign policy making
This thesis tests the hypothesis that the U.S. policy makers, represented by Secretary of State Dean Acheson during the Truman Administration, adopted a hostile image of Communist China after the Chinese intervention in the Korean War. To examine Acheson's image of Communist China, the research …
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Domestic Political Institutions in U.S. Foreign Policy Decision Making
… to constrain the executive branch impact foreign policy outcomes? Conventional wisdom on US foreign policy is split. Some argue that domestic politics no longer stop "at the water's edge," and the president is constrained by Congress in foreign policy just as in domestic policy, …
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The guns-for-drugs trade: implications for U.S. foreign policy
… the trade. Several options are offered for U.S. policy which include neglecting the problem altogether, increasing interdiction efforts, passing stricter laws and harsher penalties, increasing intergovernmental cooperation and bolstering cooperation among law enforcement agencies, both foreign …
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Mare Imperium: the Evolution of Freedom of the Seas Discourse in U.S. Foreign Policy
… freedom of the seas discourse in United States foreign policy in order to problematize the contemporary representation lying at the heart of American political-military strategy in the Western Pacific. This project aims to accomplish two goals. First, this project aims to show that freedom of …
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U.S. Foreign Policy in Lebanon: Adapting to Regional Threats Today and Promoting Stability for the Future
… This assessment will look at the shape that policy has taken since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war in the context of historical relations. After doing so, three questions will be addressed: What have been the policies of Iran and Syria toward Lebanon during this time period, how effective has …
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Sino-Soviet border clashes of 1969 and its implications on the making of U.S. foreign policy.
… Washington and Beijing turned to develop their foreign policies favorable to the other. The Sino-Soviet military clashes at Zhenbao (Damanskii) Island broke out in March 1969, which played an important role in shaping the reorientation of US's China policy in the late 1960s and early 1970s. …
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Higher Education as a “Smart” U.s. Foreign Policy Tool: Assessing the Attitudes of U.S. Trained Foreign Nationals
… to the management of global conflict. This policy perspective essentially positions higher education as a foreign policy tool. The results of this study provide insight into the attitudes, aspirations and other psychological variables that make up the psychographic profile of twelve …
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U.S. Foreign Policy toward Sino-U.S. Rappraochement in the Early 1970s : A Study of Secrecy in Bureaucratic Politics.
… effectiveness of the transformation in the China policy to counteract the danger of bureaucratic leaks and the possibility of a conservative backlash in American domestic politics. At policy planning level, however, Nixon and Kissinger were still dependent on interdepartmental policy studies by …
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Social Links Abroad: The Role of Social Identity Theory in the Formation of Public Opinion Towards U.S. Foreign Policy
Even though U.S. foreign policy has gained considerable traction over the years in terms of a serious issue domain at both the mass level and within the academy, we are still just beginning to understand how the American people inform their views in this area of government activity. We often notice …
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From Nonproliferation to Counterterrorism and Beyond: U.S. Foreign Policy, Global Governance and the Evolution of the Nuclear Security Regime
This dissertation examines the formation and evolution of the nuclear security regime (NSR) which governs programs, policies and norms associated with the protection of nuclear and radiological materials that sub-state groups might seek to acquire for use in a terrorist attack. The regime is unique …
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American Protestants and U.S. Foreign Policy toward the Soviet Union during the Eisenhower Administration: Billy Graham, Reinhold Niebuhr, and G. Bromley Oxnam
… American Protestant perceptions of U.S. foreign policy directed toward Soviet Union during the Dwight D. Eisenhower presidency (1953-1961). The question of what a culture dominated by Protestant denominations thought of its global adversary has not yet been sufficiently explored by …
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The Changing Dynamics of the Perception of U.S. Foreign Policy towards Kurds in Syria: Developing Relations in Light of Ignorance, Cooperation and Desertion (2011-2020)
… of whether the United States has a clear policy and strategy for dealing with the Kurds in Syria. Thus, the objectives of this study are to find reasons and factors that have led to shifts in US foreign policy towards Syrian Kurds. In addition to exploring the outcomes of changing USFP …
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Preventing the Clash: Reexamining U.S. Public Diplomacy in the Middle East
… of U.S. public diplomacy in the region: U.S. foreign policy options, institutions, strategies, and tools. These factors are shown to affect the outcome of U.S. public diplomacy programming in the Middle East and are the foundation for a new U.S. public diplomacy model.</p> <p>The paper …
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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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Anti-Americanism, World Politics, and German-U.S. Relations
… to examine German perceptions of U.S. foreign policy. Katzenstein and Keohane distinguish four distinctive types of anti-Americanism. Liberal anti-Americanism is a reaction to unpopular U.S. foreign policies. Social anti-Americanism occurs in response to U.S. style capitalism and U.S. …
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Reagan, Central America and the Human Costs to Waging the Cold War
… Intelligence Agency's foray into Guatemala. U.S. foreign policy has enabled or sanctioned actions resulting in human rights abuses. This can be easily viewed through the Reagan Administration's re-ignition of Cold War politics based on realist international relations theory This particular foreign …
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