Democracy Promotion National Security And Strategy

Author : Robert Pee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 1138828653

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Democracy Promotion, National Security and Strategy by Robert Pee Pdf

This book investigates the relationship between democracy promotion and US national security strategy through an examination of the Reagan administration's attempt to launch a global campaign for democracy in the early 1980s, which culminated in the foundation of the National Endowment for Democracy in 1983. Through a case study of the formation and early operations of the National Endowment for Democracy under the Reagan administration, based on primary documents from both the national security bureaucracy and the private sector, this book shows that while democracy promotion provided a new tactical approach to the conduct of US political warfare operations, these operations remained tied to the achievement of traditional national security goals such as destabilising enemy regimes and building stable and legitimate friendly governments, rather than being guided by a strategy based on the universal promotion of democracy. Analysing the relationships between state agencies and non-state actors in the field of democracy promotion, and the strategic and organizational tensions which act to limit the promotion of democracy by the US, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of US Foreign Policy, Democracy Promotion and the Reagan Administration.

Author : Alexander T. J. Lennon
Publisher : CSIS
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0892065672

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Democracy in U.S. Security Strategy by Alexander T. J. Lennon Pdf

Author : Robert Pee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317572596

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Democracy Promotion, National Security and Strategy by Robert Pee Pdf

This book investigates the relationship between democracy promotion and US national security strategy through an examination of the Reagan administration’s attempt to launch a global campaign for democracy in the early 1980s, which culminated in the foundation of the National Endowment for Democracy in 1983, and through an analysis of the early political interventions of the Endowment until 1986. A case study of the formation and early operations of the National Endowment for Democracy under the Reagan administration, based on primary documents from both the national security bureaucracy and the private sector, shows that while democracy promotion provided a new tactical approach to the conduct of US political warfare operations, these operations remained tied to the achievement of traditional national security goals such as destabilising enemy regimes and building stable and legitimate friendly governments, rather than being guided by a strategy based on the universal promotion of democracy. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of US Foreign Policy, Democracy Promotion and for those seeking to gain a better understanding of the Reagan Administration.

Author : Robert Pee,William Michael Schmidli
Publisher : Springer
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9783319963822

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The Reagan Administration, the Cold War, and the Transition to Democracy Promotion by Robert Pee,William Michael Schmidli Pdf

This book posits that democracy promotion played a key role in the Reagan administration’s Cold War foreign policy. It analyzes the democracy initiatives launched under Reagan and the role of administration officials, neoconservatives and non-state actors, such as the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), in shaping a new model of democracy promotion, characterized by aid to foreign political movements and the spread of neoliberal economics. The book discusses the ideological, strategic and organizational aspects of U.S. democracy promotion in the 1980s, then analyzes case studies of democracy promotion in the Soviet bloc and in U.S.-allied dictatorships in Latin America and East Asia, and, finally, reflects on the legacy of Reagan’s democracy promotion and its influence on Clinton, Bush and Obama. Based on new research and archival documents, this book shows that the development of democracy promotion under Reagan laid the foundations for US post-Cold War foreign policy.

Author : Nicolas Bouchet
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135011178

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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 : Michael Cox,Timothy J. Lynch,Nicolas Bouchet
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135917968

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US Foreign Policy and Democracy Promotion by Michael Cox,Timothy J. Lynch,Nicolas Bouchet Pdf

The promotion of democracy by the United States became highly controversial during the presidency of George W. Bush. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were widely perceived as failed attempts at enforced democratization, sufficient that Barack Obama has felt compelled to downplay the rhetoric of democracy and freedom in his foreign-policy. This collection seeks to establish whether a democracy promotion tradition exists, or ever existed, in US foreign policy, and how far Obama and his predecessors conformed to or repudiated it. For more than a century at least, American presidents have been driven by deep historical and ideological forces to conceive US foreign policy in part through the lens of democracy promotion. Debating how far democratic aspirations have been realized in actual foreign policies, this book draws together concise studies from many of the leading academic experts in the field to evaluate whether or not these efforts were successful in promoting democratization abroad. They clash over whether democracy promotion is an appropriate goal of US foreign policy and whether America has gained anything from it. Offering an important contribution to the field, this work is essential reading for all students and scholars of US foreign policy, American politics and international relations.

Author : DIANE Publishing Company
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1994-12-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0788115537

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A National Security Strategy of Engagement and Enlargement by DIANE Publishing Company Pdf

Elaborates a new national security strategy focusing on new threats and new opportunities. Its central goals are: to credibly sustain our security with military forces that are ready to fight; to bolster America's economic revitalization; and to promote democracy abroad.

Author : Colin S. Gray
Publisher : Army War College Strategic Studies Institute
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015075649692

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After Iraq by Colin S. Gray Pdf

A sustainable national security strategy is feasible only when directed by a sustainable national security policy. In the absence of policy guidance, strategy has to be meaningless. The only policy that meets both the mandates of American culture and the challenges of the outside world is one that seeks to promote the necessary mission of guarding and advancing world order. Dr. Colin Gray considers and rejects a policy that would encourage the emergence of a multipolar structure for global politics. He argues that multipolarity not only would fail to maintain order, it would also promote conflict among the inevitably rival great powers. In addition, he suggests that Americans culturally are not comfortable with balance of power politics and certainly would not choose to promote the return of such a system. The monograph identifies the various "pieces of the puzzle" most relevant to national security strategy; surfaces the leading assumptions held by American policymakers and strategists; considers alternative national security policies; and specifies the national security strategy. Dr. Gray concludes that America has much less choice over its policy and strategy than the public debate suggests. He warns that the country's dominant leadership role in global security certainly will be challenged before the century is old.--p. iii.

Author : Bruce M. Russett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015018337744

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Controlling the Sword by Bruce M. Russett Pdf

Author : Michael McFaul
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1442201118

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Advancing Democracy Abroad by Michael McFaul Pdf

In Advancing Democracy Abroad, McFaul explains how democracy provides a more accountable system of government, greater economic prosperity, and better security compared with other systems of government. He then shows how Americans have benefited from the advance of democracy abroad in the past, and speculates about security, economic, and moral benefits for the United States from potential democratic gains around the world.

Author : Michael Cox,John Ikenberry,Takashi Inoguchi
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2000-08-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191522772

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American Democracy Promotion by Michael Cox,John Ikenberry,Takashi Inoguchi Pdf

Why does the United States promote democracy? How successful has it been? And why do critics often attack it for doing so? These are at least three of the questions examined in this wide-ranging discussion of American efforts to recast the international order in its own political image. The answers provided by a distinguished group of analysts are as diverse as they are challenging to traditional ways of thinking about US democracy promotion in terms of either a misconstrued moralism or an ideological facade masking some deeper, more sinister purpose. As we enter into the Twenty First century with American hegemony intact, it is vital to understand what drives the world's last remaining superpower. And this original study helps us do precisely that by exploring in detail and depth one of the more contentious, least analysed and most misunderstood aspects of American foreign policy.

Author : United States. President (1993-2001 : Clinton)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Environmental protection
ISBN : OCLC:455034151

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A National Security Strategy of Engagement and Enlargement by United States. President (1993-2001 : Clinton) Pdf

The clear and present dangers of the Cold War made the need for national security commitments and expenditures obvious to the American people. Today the task of mobilizing public support for national security priorities has become more complicated. The complex array of new dangers, opportunities and responsibilities outlined in this strategy come at a moment in our history when Americans are preoccupied with domestic concerns and when budgetary constraints are tighter than at any point in the last half century. Yet, in a more integrated and interdependent world, we simply cannot be successful in advancing our interests political, military and economic - without active engagement in world affairs. While Cold War threats have diminished, our nation can never again isolate itself from global developments. Domestic renewal will not succeed if we fail to engage abroad in open foreign markets, to promote democracy in key countries, and to counter and contain emerging threats. We are committed to enhancing U.S. national security in the most efficient and effective ways possible. We recognize that maintaining peace and ensuring our national security in a volatile world are expensive. The cost of any other course of action, however, would be immeasurably higher. Our engagement abroad requires the active, sustained bipartisan support of the American people and the U.S. Congress. Of all the elements contained in this strategy, none is more important than this: our Administration is committed to explaining our security interests and objectives to the nation; to seeking the broadest possible public and congressional support for our security programs and investments; and to exerting our leadership in the world in a manner that reflects our best national values and protects the security of this great and good nation.

Author : Julia Leininger,Sonja Grimm,Tina Freyburg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351571180

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Conflicting Objectives in Democracy Promotion by Julia Leininger,Sonja Grimm,Tina Freyburg Pdf

The agenda of external actors often includes a number of objectives that do not necessarily and automatically go together. Fostering security and stability in semi-authoritarian regimes collides with policies aimed at the support of processes of democratization prone to conflict and destabilization. Meanwhile, the promotion of national self-determination and political empowerment might lead to forms of democracy, partially incompatible with liberal understandings. These conflicting objectives are often problematized as challenges to the effectiveness of international democracy promotion. This book presents systematic research about their emergence and effects. The contributing authors investigate (post-) conflict societies, developing countries, and authoritarian regimes in Southeast Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. They identify the socio-economic and political conditions in the recipient country, the interaction between international and local actors, and the capacity of international and local actors as relevant for explaining the emergence of conflicting objectives. And they empirically show that faced with conflicting objectives donors either use a ‘wait and see’-approach (i.e. not to act to overcome such conflicts), they prioritize security, state-building and development over democracy, or they compromise democracy promotion with other goals. However, convincing strategies for dealing with such conflicts still need to be devised. This book was published as a special issue of Democratization.

Author : J. Boone Bartholomees
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428910508

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U.S. Army War College Guide to National Security Policy and Strategy by J. Boone Bartholomees Pdf

Author : Lee Marsden
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015062853026

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Lessons from Russia by Lee Marsden Pdf

Lee Marsden presents one of the most original and comprehensive analyses of US democracy promotion in Russia and argues that in order to understand the failings of democracy assistance in Russia, it is necessary to understand the inter-relation of macro- and micro-level policy. The book introduces two new models of foreign policy analysis which increase understanding of both the formulation and implementation of foreign policy. Furthermore, it demonstrates how the promotion of democracy in Russia was substantially flawed due to implementation and the US foreign policy process.