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Towards The 21st Century: Long Cycles And The Future Of The United States, John Davis
Towards The 21st Century: Long Cycles And The Future Of The United States, John Davis
Graduate Program in International Studies Theses & Dissertations
With a plethora of declinist literature positing the decline and eventual dissolution of the American order, "Towards the Twenty-first Century: Long Cycles and the Future of the United States" offers a new perspective on the world leadership position of the United states. Using the literature on long cycles as its instrument, this study argues that there will be a continuation of U.S. systemic leadership through the twenty-first century.
Honduras Pawn And Policy Maker, Elizabeth P. Thornton
Honduras Pawn And Policy Maker, Elizabeth P. Thornton
Graduate Program in International Studies Theses & Dissertations
A study of the weak state was conducted using the Honduras-U.S. relationship as a case study. Most existing literature, with the exception of Annette Baker Fox's The Power of Small States, does not analyze in detail a specific country's relationship with a powerful nation. This research examined the factors that helped a weak country maintain maneuverability in its domestic and foreign policies when under the influence of a strong power. Six conditions which facilitated maneuverability were: geographic proximity, rising nationalism, citizen participation in government, trade distribution and diversification, international pressure, and declining hegemony of the strong power. Events in Honduras …
Containment, Cliency And The Revolution In Vietnam, Deborah Tompsett-Makin
Containment, Cliency And The Revolution In Vietnam, Deborah Tompsett-Makin
Graduate Program in International Studies Theses & Dissertations
This thesis addresses the question, why does U.S. foreign policy contribute to political instability in developing nations? To ascertain the answer, it analyzes the post-World War II administrations from Truman through Johnson. One mode of containment, cliency, a foreign policy relationship between a major power and a weaker state, is developed within the framework analyzing containment. The cliency model provides a theoretical basis for explaining how the domestic structure of the client state is systematically distorted by the patron's actions in pursuit of its global interests. The cliency model is also linked to the pattern of development and stability of …