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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"U.S. national interests"”.
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Iran: an Emerging Military Threat to U.S. National Interests in the Middle East
… armament effort, together with an aggressive national leadership fired by both Islamic fundamentalist and Persian nationalist ambitions, are making Iran the new threat to regional security in the Persian Gulf and a likely challenge to U.S. national interests. In response to this potential …
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Mind the Gap: The Failure of the Central Intelligence Agency to Support U.S. National Interests
… U.S. policy, and often failed to advance U.S. interests in the Cold War. The estimate of the Soviet threat was consistently inaccurate. The bomber and missile gaps of the 1950s, which involved overestimating Soviet long-range bombers and missiles, was followed by a decade of underestimating …
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The U.S. Army School of the Americas and U.S. National Interests in the 20th Century
… in an influential position to achieve U.S. national interests. Prior to World War II, the training of Latin American militaries was intended to supplant German and Italian military missions. As the Allies neared victory in WWII, training programs formalized to sustain Inter-American military …
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Cuban Embargo: An Insufficient Measure to Encourage US Foreign Policy Interests
… relations, regional stability, and U.S. national interests. The study argues that the embargo has failed to achieve its intended goals and has instead perpetuated a cycle of hostility, isolation, and human rights abuses. By drawing on the theoretical frameworks of soft, hard, and smart …
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Manhunting : a methodology for finding persons of national interest
The asymmetrical threats that challenge U.S. national policies are not large standing armies, but rather individuals who seek to usurp and coerce U.S. national interests. The nature of today's threats call for the U.S. military to change from finding, fixing, and destroying the enemy's forces to …
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Nuclear Proliferation: Assessment of the Nuclear Capabilities to the Year 2000 Among Selected Nth Countries--India, Pakistan, Iran and North Korea
… assesses present and near-term nuclear-weapons interests and capabilities among selected countries -- India, Pakistan, Iran, and North Korea -- that are considered candidates for nuclear proliferation. While these countries represent immediate challenges to U.S. non-proliferation goals, each one …
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AID AND INFLUENCE: THE IMPACT OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ON U.S. INTERESTS IN LATIN AMERICA
… America—often in ways deemed threatening to U.S. national interests. Partly echoing the first half of the Cold War, the U.S. aims to maintain influence in the region while these states seek to counter any advances. At the same time, the current administration has proposed major cuts to the foreign …
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The United States and the State of Israel: a Critical Examination of U.S.-Israel Relations Since 1981
… and allies who share a multitude of coinciding interests, including vital interests; yet their relations are often strained. However, despite these recurring periods of turmoil, U.S.-Israeli relations have often been referred to as the "special relationship". This special relationship stems from …
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U.S. Arctic National Interests and Arctic Engagement
… the emergence and evolution of United States' national interests in the Arctic region, as well as examines the factors that influence how the U.S. engages in cooperative endeavors in the region with other Arctic states. Though geographically located on the periphery of broader global politics, …
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'Not by might, nor by power, but by spirit': the global reform efforts of the Young Women's Christian Association of the United States, 1895-1939
… be a feminist space, which would advance women’s interests and equality with men. They envisioned Y-space as modern, egalitarian, and based in voluntary association that valued individualism and was ultimately generated from the grass-roots. USYWCA Secretaries also envisioned Y-space as …