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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"US policy"”.
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US policy towards Indochina, 1973-6
… doctoral dissertation is Washington's Indochina policy from 1973-6. My thesis seeks to shed new light on the period and aims to clarify the central points that have been raised in the surrounding academic controversy. In the study it is argued that neither the so-called "decent interval" nor the …
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The law enforcement approach to combating terrorism : an analysis of US policy
This thesis examines the US policy for combating terrorism from 1988 to 2000 using five case studies; the bombing of Pan Am flight 103, the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993, the bombing of the US barracks in Saudi Arabia in 1996, the bombings of two US embassies in Africa in 1998 and the …
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Fueling the Dragon: energy security in China; is there a role for US policy?
… oil needs, and its continued reliance on coal usage. The desire to ensure secure oil supplies has led China to deal with Iran and Iraq, despite U.S. desires to isolate these nations. China is also increasing its influence throughout the Middle East, Central Asia, South America, and retains …
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Change in US policy towards the People's Republic of China during the Nixon administration.
… people have stood up.. nobody will insult us again. These words reflected the culmination of the revolution and the end of the century of dishonour and humiliation of China.
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Change in US policy towards the People's Republic of China during the Nixon administration.
… people have stood up.. nobody will insult us again. These words reflected the culmination of the revolution and the end of the century of dishonour and humiliation of China.
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Response to an experiment: the Sandinista model of socialism and the US policy towards it
The current policy of the Reagan administration is designed to overthrow the Sandinist system in Nicaragua. The Nicaraguan revolution has produced a fascinating model of Socialism, in which the Sandinistas are trying to combine elements of pragmatic Marxism, Catholic humanism and revolutionary …
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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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United States post Gulf-War policy toward Iraq: A systemic assessment
This thesis proposes that US policy is structurally flawed toward Iraq and the Middle East in general. This structural flaw in US policy-making is a result of ignoring the regional considerations of the Middle East as a subsystem. Current US strategy toward Iraq is doomed to fail because of the …
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The US-Japan Alliance and China's Rise: Alliance Strategy and Reassurance, Deterrence, and Compellence
<p>Do changes in US alliance strategy toward Japan affect the US’ ability to succeed in reassuring, deterring, and compelling a rising China? This study contends that when the US pursues a distancing strategy toward from Japan, Japan adopts hedging strategies that may undercut US reassurance, …
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"Courage First" : dissent, debate, and the origins of US responsiveness to mass killing
… and intelligence to act, but fails to do so because of a lack of political will. However, a closer examination of history reveals that although the modal response of the United States is indeed to refrain from devoting significant resources to these crises, at times the United States reverses …
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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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Hegemony and nuclear proliferation
… that the decline is largely attributable to US nonproliferation policies, in particular the threat of sanctions that was instituted in the late 1970s. By credibly threatening to cut off economic and military support to countries pursuing nuclear weapons, I argue that this threat of sanctions …
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Military Industry and the Israel-Palestine Conflict: Military Aid, Technology, and Barriers to Peace
<p>This study reviews the current US and Israel militarized response to Palestine, the negative impacts on the Palestinian and Israeli people that result from this policy, and the military-industrial complex that benefits from the US-Israel relationship. I also note that the military industry …
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China's Pacific Strategy For the Twenty-First Century
… Pacific region. It also examines United States policy options for dealing with these goals and strategy when they conflict with U.S. interests. In doing so, this thesis analyzes (1) the People's Liberation Army's strategy in its attempt to achieve the goals of the state; (2) the military …
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Islam Nationalism and the mission of Arab journalism A survey of attitudes towards religion politics and the role of Arab media in the twenty-first century
The Bush administration has charged that reporters at Al Jazeera and other Arab media outlets are biased against the US. Whether or not such an allegation is true, it raises the central question of what influences are at work on Arab journalists at this crucial time of turmoil in the region and …
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The limits of a global partnership: Japan's foreign relations in the post-Cold War world
… ""global partnership,"" announced in 1989 by the US and Japan to serve as 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, …
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Domestic Violence and Empire: Legacies of Conquest in Mexican American Writing
… represent domestic violence to critique unjust gender relations as well as iniquitous US policy toward Mexican Americans. I use the term domestic violence because it most closely describes the double voiced discourse women engage to critique communities that condone violence against women as …
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