Dobson analyzes the economic aspects of Ronald Reagan's Cold War policy for dealing with the Soviet Union. Although there has been much praise for Reagan's attempts to deliberately arrange the demise ...of the Soviet Union, the collapse of the Soviet economy may have less to do with US economic foreign policy and more to do with long-standing structural flaws in the Soviet economy and the influence of Western ideology.
This book provides an examination of contemporary Anglo-American relations. Sometimes controversially referred to as the Special Relationship, Anglo-American relations constitute arguably the most ...important bilateral relationship of modern times. However, in recent years, there have been frequent pronouncements that this relationship has lost its 'specialness'.
This volume brings together experts from Britain, Europe and North America in a long-overdue examination of contemporary Anglo-American relations that paints a somewhat different picture. The discussion ranges widely, from an analysis of the special relationship of culture and friendship, to an examination of both traditional (e.g. nuclear relations) and more recent (e.g. environment) policies. Contemporary developments are discussed in the context of longer-term trends and contributing authors draw upon a range of different disciplines, including political science, diplomacy studies, business studies and economics. Coupled with a substantive introduction and conclusion, the result is an insightful and engaging portrayal of the complex Anglo-American relationship.
The book will be of great interest to students of US and UK foreign policy, diplomacy and international relations in general.
Both policy articles about US post-Cold War foreign policy and the recent rhetoric of US policymakers appears to be slipping back into the language of the ‘arrogance of power’, against which Senator ...Fulbright warned America in the 1960s. In what follows, the USA's style of foreign policy; its criteria for intervention; its invasion of Panama; its capabilities; its intervention in Bosnia; and the impact of contending theories about changes in the international sphere will be examined with a view to casting some light on how the USA has responded to the world outside its boundaries after the Cold War. Finally, in the light of Senator Fulbright's criticisms of US interventionism in the recent past, the essay draws towards its conclusion by specifically addressing the key questions of the whens, whys and wherefores of US intervention into and exits from international crises. It explores some of the problems posed by continuity and change in the struggle to adjust US foreign policy to a non-Cold War world and examines the wisdom of enthusiastic calls for the US to spread democracy abroad.
Civil aviation relations is the empirical focus of this paper. However, how to explain the complexity of relations between the USA and Europe, even in a selected issue area such as this, has sorely ...challenged scholars over the years. Micro-historical studies often fail to appreciate the broader contours and hence the import and meaning of the detail. On the other hand, general theories, or models risk the dangers of contradiction by detail, or of oversimplification, which distorts what happened into preconceived theoretically determined, rather than evidentially based, patterns. Recent hegemony theory, at least prima facie, appears to avoid these pitfalls by combining theory with empirically based description. By examining successive US attempts in the 1940s, 1970s and 1990s to gain maximum market access to Europe's airline market, the usefulness of hegemony theory will be evaluated.
