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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"US Foreign Policy"”.
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US Foreign Policy During the Nixon and Ford Administrations
<p>Most studies of US involvement in Chile in the early 1970s center around the debate over the degree of responsibility of the Nixon Administration compared to internal pressures that instigated the 1973 military coup that ousted Salvador Allende. Rather than attempting to assess the degree of US …
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Fostering Global Security: Nonviolent Resistance and US Foreign Policy
… to International Relations (IR) theory and US foreign policy along the categories of principled, strategic, and regulative nonviolence. The current debate within nonviolence studies is between principled and strategic nonviolence as relevant categories for theorizing nonviolent resistance. …
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The Impact of US Foreign Policy on the Colombian Conflicts
… away, as the world’s interest has shifted its focus, towards covering news about war on terror. This lack of media interest has caused the drug trafficking to thrive. The US however has not lost interest in their strongest ally in Latin America, and introduced “Plan Colombia” in 1999, in order to …
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US foreign policy towards West Africa after September 11 attacks
The United States foreign policy towards West Africa experienced a significant shift after the terrorist attacks of US strategic institutions in September 11, 2001. This was marked by the securitization of US foreign policy beyond the military-security context of security into other aspects of US …
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Cuban Embargo: An Insufficient Measure to Encourage US Foreign Policy Interests
… the Cuban embargo as an ineffective hard power policy and explores the potential of soft, hard, and smart power as alternative approaches to resolve the failures of the 60-year-old blockade. The paper analyzes the historical context and rationale behind the embargo and assesses its impact on …
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US foreign policy and national development in the Caribbean, 1960-1976
The Caribbean has long been an area of intense US interest and activity. Yet at the same time, the United States has failed to articulate a distinctive Caribbean policy, separate from its policy towards Latin America. In part, this failure has resulted from the practical difficulty of determining a …
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Ford, Carter and Cambodia: US foreign policy and the Khmer Rouge
This thesis is an investigation into the US response to the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia between 1974 and 1981. It argues that the US experience in the Vietnam War acted as a causal factor in the formulation of its Cambodian policy during the presidencies of Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. From …
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The Christian Right and US Foreign Policy in the Twenty-first Century
The thesis discusses the role of the Christian Right in the US foreign policy decision making process. The research revealed that the Christian Right has long been fascinated with some international issues in general and US foreign policy in particular. The Christian Right’s interest in …
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US foreign policy and energy resources during the George W. Bush administration
Based on the Open Door Policy, the United States has pursued an informal empire based on spreading its economic influence by ensuring open access to vital goods and raw materials, and establishing military presence in areas of interest, as America’s corporate and strategic interests worked together …
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US FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS NIGERIA: INVESTIGATING AMERICA’S DEMOCRACY PROMOTION IN NIGERIA DURING CLINTON’S PRESIDENCY
This thesis investigates President Bill Clinton’s policy towards Nigeria from 1993 to 2001 paying particular attention to his democracy promotion agenda. Although en passant, many studies have argued that his administration failed to actively influence democratic transition in Nigeria. However, …
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US Foreign Policy Towards National Movements: Impact of Joint Combat Operations, Affective Trust, and Identity
This study explores US foreign policy toward national movements (NMs), focusing on Kurdish groups across all parts of Kurdistan: Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Turkey. It investigates the central question of why the US views certain Kurdish NMs as strategic allies while labeling others as terrorists. The …
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Hearts and Minds: US Foreign Policy and Anti-Americanism in the Middle EastAn Analysis of Public Perceptions from 2002-2011
… that there is a strong relationship between US foreign policy and public attitudes of the United States in the region. This study analyzes Middle Eastern public opinion of the United States from 2002 until 2011, while using quantitative and qualitative analysis to determine whether US foreign …
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Tactical Control or Bureaucratic Tactics? An Analysis of Checks and Controls on Local, Hybrid, and Substate Forces in US Foreign Policy
… It does so by examining nine case studies of US partnerships with local, hybrid, and substate forces (LHSFs) in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria from 2005 to 2019. The risk mitigation mechanisms that emerged in these US-LHSF relationships typify the sort of control mechanisms that Principal-Agent …
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US Arms Trade in the Middle East: A Complex and Dynamic Relationship
The US foreign policy is a formidable testament to the intricate nature of international relations and exerting efforts to create international relations. Treaties and agreements are crucial to designing a symbiotic and harmonious international affair, built on the basis of shared interests and …
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Playing the man: Masculinity, performance, and United States foreign policy, 1901--1920
… the Man": Masculinity Performance, and US Foreign Policy, 1901--1920 argues that early twentieth century conceptions of masculinity played a significant role in constructing US foreign policy and in creating a new sense of national identity. It focuses on five public figures (Jane …
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The geopolitical context of NATO's role in the Middle East
… role - specifically or in general - has been used as a tool of US foreign policy in the region. As such, this dissertation reviews the strategic importance of the Middle East from a Western perspective; explains why the region has become a source of instability in world politics; reviews …
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President George W. Bush’s Policy Towards Iraq: Change or Continuity?
… of commentary has been dedicated to George W. Bush’s policy towards Iraq, with many perceiving it as a departure from traditional US foreign policy practice. The objective of this research is to address and challenge this contention. This thesis takes 1979 as the launching point from which to …
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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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Foreign aid, trade and development: analysis of the past, prospects for the future
This dissertation addresses U.S. foreign aid as a policy problem and examines new avenues for future aid strategies. Contemporary scholars call for shifting the paradigm of world politics from power to a more economicoriented policy of "Cooperative Capitalism." They call to base US foreign policy …
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