Clinton S Foreign Policy

Author : Jason A. Edwards
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008-12-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780739131312

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Navigating the Post-Cold War World by Jason A. Edwards Pdf

Jason A. Edwards explores the various rhetorical choices and strategies employed by former President Bill Clinton to discuss foreign policy issues in a new, post-Cold War era. Edwards argues that each American president has situated himself within the same foreign policy paradigm, drawing upon the same set of ideas and utilizing the same basic vernacular to discuss foreign policy. He describes how former presidents-and President Clinton, in particular-made modifications to this paradigm, leaving a rhetorical signature that tells us as much about the nature of their presidency as it does about the international environment they faced. With the end of the Cold War came the end of a relatively stable international order. This end sparked intense debates about the new direction of American foreign policy. As Bill Clinton took office, he developed a new lexicon of words in order to discuss America's changing role in the world and other major international issues of the time without being able to fall into Cold War-era rhetoric. By examining the nuances and unique contributions President Clinton made to American foreign policy rhetoric, Edwards shows how his distinct rhetorical signature will influence future administrations.

Author : William G. Hyland
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1999-03-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780313002069

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Clinton's World by William G. Hyland Pdf

No modern U.S. president inherited a stronger, safer international position than Bill Clinton. In 1992, the Cold War was over, and the nation was at peace and focused on domestic issues. Despite this temporary tranquility, Clinton would soon be faced with a barrage of crises, including flare-ups of unrest in the Middle East, ethnic conflict in Yugoslavia, uneasy relations with Japan and China, persistent trouble in the Persian Gulf, the dissolution of the USSR, and disastrous situations in Somalia and Haiti. In this comprehensive and balanced examination of Clinton's foreign policy—the first such book to cover all the global focal points of his administration to date—William G. Hyland brilliantly shows the effects of combining this confusion with Clinton's unique personality characteristics. His first term was marked, in the author's analysis, by murky policy, unrealistic goals, and the mishandling of several crises. By the end of that term he learned some hard lessons, was able to alter his pattern of response, and reversed himself on some major aspects of foreign policy—all to benefit, in the author's view, the country and the world as a whole.

Author : Rosanna Perotti
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1536147982

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Foreign Policy in the Clinton Administration by Rosanna Perotti Pdf

Bill Clinton came to the presidency during the first moments of the post-Cold War era, when the United States and the international system were at a crossroads. Faced with the choice of either retreating from the world or acting as "world policeman," Clinton chose a path of unabashed "practical internationalism." His foreign policy embraced globalization, free trade and the promotion of democracy abroad, while acknowledging American limits.Scholarly and pubic interest in Clinton's foreign policy have peaked recently, as the shape of the Trump administration's foreign policy has unfolded. Today's populist nationalists might be seen as reacting to the Clinton agenda: They have attacked free trade and internationalism as a "bad deal" for US workers, striking out not only at trade agreements, but at immigration, refugee acceptance, US intervention, and international institutions such as the International Criminal Court and the Kyoto Protocol. Today, advocates of free trade and international engagement warn that the United States must continue to take a leadership role in steering the international agreements and institutions that it helped to create, as a way of advancing American prosperity and security.This is the reason the Clinton administration's foreign policy legacy continues to be important today. To understand "America First," we must first understand the underpinnings of globalization and the policy of practical internationalism. During Clinton's time in office and not long after, many scholars struggled to find coherence to the administration's foreign policy legacy, despite the administration's continued assertions of an overarching strategy. Today, it is more apparent than ever that 1) Clinton's foreign policy had a cohesive theme, 2) his internationalism sowed the seeds of our current "America First" brand of populism, and 3) Clinton's successes and failures hold important lessons for policymakers today.The introduction to this edited volume explores these themes, and the remainder of the book's seventeen chapters, authored by scholars of comparative politics, international relations and history, expand on particular policies. With the Trump administration midterm assessments coming in Fall 2018 and Winter 2019, there will be heightened interest in the background of such issues as engagement with North Korea; terrorism; nuclear proliferation; relations with China, India, and Japan; peacemaking in Northern Ireland; cooperation with NATO and the UN; and the difficulty of pursuing peace in the Middle East.

Author : Alvin Z. Rubinstein
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317474296

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Clinton Foreign Policy Reader by Alvin Z. Rubinstein Pdf

An introduction to the main issues of American foreign policy as it has evolved during the first post-Cold War presidency. There are substantive excerpts from major presidential policy statements to illustrate the points and turning points discussed in each chapter. The collection is intended as a supplementary text in American foreign policy and contemporary international relations. It includes a bibliography and a guide to accessing contemporary foreign policy information on line.

Author : George A. MacLean
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351161503

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Clinton's Foreign Policy in Russia by George A. MacLean Pdf

Some of Bill Clinton's most basic foreign policy elements - democratic peace, the post-Cold War peace dividend, geopolitics and state-society relations - are epitomized in the US-Russian Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) Purchase Agreement. It was one of the most remarkable initiatives of Clinton's presidency, but oddly one of the most obscure that still continues under George W. Bush. This agreement illustrates how successfully the US and Russia could work together to reduce global nuclear fears but also how a series of decisions pitted global designs over American domestic interests. Illustrating one of the most compelling decisions Clinton made as President, this remarkable book elucidates the theory of democratic peace and demonstrates a new and more advanced nuclear restraint regime, from reduction to elimination. The story behind Clinton's decision has repercussions for our understanding of arms control, foreign policy decision making and US-Russian relations. This is a book about the intersection of levels of analysis, international security concerns and domestic political economy, and as such is ideal as a supplementary text for advanced courses in security and foreign policy.

Author : James D. Boys
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781472531308

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Clinton's Grand Strategy by James D. Boys Pdf

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. President Clinton's time in office coincided with historic global events following the end of the Cold War. The collapse of Communism called for a new US Grand Strategy to address the emerging geopolitical era that brought upheavals in Somalia and the Balkans, economic challenges in Mexico and Europe and the emergence of new entities such as the EU, NAFTA and the WTO. Clinton's handling of these events was crucial to the development of world politics at the dawn of the twenty-first century. Only by understanding Clinton's efforts to address the challenges of the post-Cold War era can we understand the strategies of his immediate successors, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, both of whom inherited and continued Clinton-era policies and practices. James D. Boys sheds new light on the evolution and execution of US Grand Strategy from 1993 to 2001. He explores the manner in which policy was devised and examines the actors responsible for its development, including Bill Clinton, Anthony Lake, Samuel Berger, Warren Christopher, Madeline Albright and Richard Holbrook. He examines the core components of the strategy (National Security, Prosperity Promotion and Democracy Promotion) and how they were implemented, revealing a hitherto unexplored continuity from campaign trail to the White House. Covering the entire duration of Clinton's presidential odyssey, from his 1991 Announcement Speech to his final day in office, the book draws extensively on newly declassified primary materials and interviews by the author with key members of the Clinton administration to reveal for the first time the development and implementation of US Grand Strategy from deep within the West Wing of the Clinton White House.

Author : Rosanna Perotti
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : United States
ISBN : 1536147974

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Foreign Policy in the Clinton Administration by Rosanna Perotti Pdf

Bill Clinton came to the presidency during the first moments of the post-Cold War era, when the United States and the international system were at a crossroads. Faced with the choice of either retreating from the world or acting as world policeman, Clinton chose a path of unabashed practical internationalism. His foreign policy embraced globalization, free trade and the promotion of democracy abroad, while acknowledging American limits. Scholarly and pubic interest in Clintons foreign policy have peaked recently, as the shape of the Trump administrations foreign policy has unfolded. Todays populist nationalists might be seen as reacting to the Clinton agenda: They have attacked free trade and internationalism as a bad deal for US workers, striking out not only at trade agreements, but at immigration, refugee acceptance, US intervention, and international institutions such as the International Criminal Court and the Kyoto Protocol. Today, advocates of free trade and international engagement warn that the United States must continue to take a leadership role in steering the international agreements and institutions that it helped to create, as a way of advancing American prosperity and security. This is the reason the Clinton administrations foreign policy legacy continues to be important today. To understand America First, we must first understand the underpinnings of globalization and the policy of practical internationalism. During Clintons time in office and not long after, many scholars struggled to find coherence to the administrations foreign policy legacy, despite the administrations continued assertions of an overarching strategy. Today, it is more apparent than ever that 1) Clintons foreign policy had a cohesive theme, 2) his internationalism sowed the seeds of our current America First brand of populism, and 3) Clintons successes and failures hold important lessons for policymakers today. The introduction to this edited volume explores these themes, and the remainder of the books seventeen chapters, authored by scholars of comparative politics, international relations and history, expand on particular policies. With the Trump administration midterm assessments coming in Fall 2018 and Winter 2019, there will be heightened interest in the background of such issues as engagement with North Korea; terrorism; nuclear proliferation; relations with China, India, and Japan; peacemaking in Northern Ireland; cooperation with NATO and the UN; and the difficulty of pursuing peace in the Middle East.

Author : Karen Garner
Publisher : First Forum Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1935049607

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Gender and Foreign Policy in the Clinton Administration by Karen Garner Pdf

Though recent US government attention to global women¿s rights and empowerment is often presented as a new phenomenon, Karen Garner argues that nearly two decades ago the Clinton administration broke barriers to challenge women¿s unequal status vis-à-vis men around the world and to incorporate their needs into US foreign policy and aid programs. Garner draws on a wide range of primary sources, including interviews with government officials and feminist activists who worked with the administration, to present a persuasive account of the emergence, evolution, and legacy of US global gender policy in the 1990s.

Author : Thomas H. Henriksen
Publisher : Hoover Institution Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Bosnia and Hercegovina
ISBN : 0817957723

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Clinton's Foreign Policy in Somalia, Bosnia, Haiti, and North Korea by Thomas H. Henriksen Pdf

The Clinton administration has dealt with four high-profile problems--Somalia, Bosnia, Haiti, and North Korea--which demanded presidential attention, resulted in the deployment of U.S. military forces, and generated congressional and public controversy. The way these conflicts were handled may determine the way future large-scale emergencies are managed.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105024408739

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The Clinton Foreign Policy Record by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations Pdf

Author : Elizabeth Drew
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1995-11-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780684813097

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On the Edge by Elizabeth Drew Pdf

On the Edge answers the questions of who Bill Clinton is, and what his Presidency means for this country.

Author : Nicolas Bouchet
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135011161

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Democracy Promotion as US Foreign Policy by Nicolas Bouchet Pdf

The role of democracy promotion in US foreign policy has increased considerably in the last three decades, booming especially in the immediate years after the end of the Cold War. The rise of democracy promotion originated in a long historical tradition that saw exporting American political values as instrumental in securing US security and economic interests, an idea which was expressed freely once Cold War strategic constraints disappeared. Under Bill Clinton, there was an explicit attempt to do so by reframing American strategy in terms of ‘democratic enlargement’ and this book assesses the strategic use of democracy promotion in US foreign policy and its different outcomes during his presidency. Offering a comprehensive, global review of American democracy engagement with different regions of the world and key countries during a whole presidency, this book assesses how far the US has benefited from democracy promotion. It evaluates the instrumental value of democracy promotion for America by seeing whether the Clinton administration’s efforts in this field, and their varying impacts to democratization abroad, were matched by progress in securing US strategic goals defined under enlargement, in particular reducing international conflicts and spreading economic liberalization around the world. The book explores how democracy became central to US post-Cold War strategy, how the Clinton administration developed the concept of democratic enlargement and tried to implement it, and why it remained influential on foreign policy throughout Clinton’s presidency. With an analysis of the legacy of Clinton’s democracy promotion and its relevance to the subsequent policies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama, this book is essential reading for students and scholars interested in Foreign Policy, American History and Security Studies.

Author : Martin A. Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134072903

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The Foreign Policies of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush by Martin A. Smith Pdf

This book offers a comparative analysis of the approaches, policies and records of the administrations of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, through an examination of key foreign policy issues that caused controversy and debate both during the 1990s and in the years since 9/11. In the post 9/11 security environment, three issues were identified by the Bush administration as being at the heart of a threat ‘nexus’ – issues that had also preoccupied the Clinton administration. These were the threats and challenges posed by international terrorism, particularly of the militant Islamist type, the so called ‘rogue states’, and the US response to the actual and potential proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Smith explores the responses to these issues and the debates surrounding the nature of US engagement with key regions and states, teasing out areas of similarity and difference in the policies and approaches of the Clinton and Bush administrations. Attention is also given to the contrast frequently drawn between Clinton’s alleged predilection for multilateral approaches to international relations and Bush’s supposed hard-edged unilateralism. This book will prove useful to scholars and students in the fields of US foreign policy, politics, international relations, security studies and public policy.

Author : Andrew Johnstone,Andrew Priest
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780813169064

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US Presidential Elections and Foreign Policy by Andrew Johnstone,Andrew Priest Pdf

While domestic issues loom large in voters' minds during American presidential elections, matters of foreign policy have consistently shaped candidates and their campaigns. From the start of World War II through the collapse of the Soviet Union, presidential hopefuls needed to be perceived as credible global leaders in order to win elections -- regardless of the situation at home -- and voter behavior depended heavily on whether the nation was at war or peace. Yet there is little written about the importance of foreign policy in US presidential elections or the impact of electoral issues on the formation of foreign policy. In US Presidential Elections and Foreign Policy, a team of international scholars examines how the relationship between foreign policy and electoral politics evolved through the latter half of the twentieth century. Covering all presidential elections from 1940 to 1992 -- from debates over American entry into World War II to the aftermath of the Cold War -- the contributors correct the conventional wisdom that domestic issues and the economy are always definitive. Together they demonstrate that, while international concerns were more important in some campaigns than others, foreign policy always matters and is often decisive. This illuminating commentary fills a significant gap in the literature on presidential and electoral politics, emphasizing that candidates' positions on global issues have a palpable impact on American foreign policy.

Author : Philip E. Auerswald,Christian Duttweiler,John Garofano
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : United States
ISBN : 9041120882

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Clinton's Foreign Policy by Philip E. Auerswald,Christian Duttweiler,John Garofano Pdf

While the process of 'globalization' is arguably a centuries-old phenomenon, during the 1990s it accelerated dramatically. A major impetus for this acceleration came from the administration of United States President William Jefferson ('Bill') Clinton. During these years, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was signed, the World Trade Organization (WTO) came into being, and the United States concluded over 200 other bilateral and multilateral trade accords. Yet such geo-economic integration occurred alongside violent bloodshed in many parts of the worldnotably Rwanda, the former Yugoslavia, and the Middle East. Since the start of a new century political shifts in the United States, accentuated by the suddenly more tangible threat of international terrorism on U.S. soil, have all but reversed the Clinton administration's doctrine of engagement. This remarkable book presents a vision of the United States as an active partner in the process of globalization. It consists entirely of excerpts from speeches on U.S. foreign policy delivered by President Clinton between 1991 and the end of 2000. It begins with a selection of major foreign policy addresses, and proceeds under eight topic areas: the transformation of Europe in the post-Cold War decade; the Palestine-Israeli peace process; the stalemate in the conflict with Iraq; the evolution of a policy of engagement with China; arms control progress and setbacks; the international response to the Rwanda genocide; trade liberalization and globalization; and, terrorism against United States targets. The editors provide a historical introduction and a chronology of significant events affecting United States foreign policy between March 1993 and July 2000. Offering as it does many insights into the priorities and evolution of Clinton administration policies on major foreign policy issues, Clinton's Foreign Policy is of inestimable value to officials, policy-makers and academics seeking to understand a world in which the same ambitions and struggles proceed, albeit with a different and perhaps less conciliatory face.