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1 online resource (291 pages) |
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Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society |
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Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society.
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Intro; Preface; Contents; Abbreviations; I Introduction; I.1 The background; I.1.1 Preserving the unipolar moment; I.1.2 On the ground: the U.S. in Central and Eastern Europe; I.2 Empirical objectives; II The theoretical framework and methodology; II. 1 Introduction and research questions; II. 1.1 Neoclassical realism: an introduction; II. 1.2 Elite perceptions: of more than just the system?; II. 2 Non-friends, friends and undecided states; II. 2.1 Non-friends; II. 2.2 Friends; II. 2.3 Concluding remarks: undecided states; II. 3 Two types of power resources and foreign policy tools |
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II. 3.1 Power in political realismII. 3.2 Positive and negative power: the relevance of base values; II. 3.3 Negative power and its bases; II. 3.4 Positive power and its bases; II. 3.5 Power resources and foreign policy tools; II. 4 Linking states' friend / non-friend / undecided status to power; II. 5 Concluding remarks on the theoretical framework; II. 6 Methodological considerations; II. 6.1 The cases; II. 6.2 Sources; II. 6.3 Research design: Comparative case studies; II. 6.4 Three steps in addressing the sources; III U.S. Foreign Policies Towards Poland; III. 1 Introduction |
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III. 2 Laying the foundations: the U.S. and SolidarnoÅ#x9B;Ä#x87;III. 2.1 Accompanying Poland to de facto independence 1989â#x80;#x93;1991; III. 2.2 Foreign Policy Tools in SolidarnoÅ#x9B;Ä#x87;-times; III. 3 An emerging new best friend in Europe: the second Gulf War and NATO enlargement; III. 3.1 Euro-Atlantic integration or: Overcoming Yalta; III. 3.2 Foreign policy tools 1991 to 2000; III. 4 The heydays and their aftermath: 2001 onwards; III. 4.1 State Tourism: Bush, KwaÅ#x9B;niewski and the Iraq war; III. 4.2 Foreign policy tools 2001 to 2005; III. 5 After KwaÅ#x9B;niewski: 2005 onwards; III. 5.1 The double KaczyÅ#x84;ski era |
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III. 5.2 Donald Tusk, the conclusion of the Missile Defence Agreementâ#x80;#x94;and still no visa waiver programmeIII. 5.3 Foreign policy tools after KwaÅ#x9B;niewski; III. 6 Conclusions on U.S. foreign policies towards Poland 1989â#x80;#x93;2008; IV U.S. Foreign Policies Towards Ukraine; IV. 1 Introduction: America's recognition of Ukraine's independence; IV. 2 The early years: Moscow-centrism and a focus on nuclear non-proliferation 1991 to 1994; IV. 2.1 Solving the nuclear question; IV. 2.2 The Lisbon Protocol and Ukraine's accession to the NPT as a nuclear-free state |
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IV. 2.3 Foreign Policy Tools in solving the nuclear questionIV. 3 Conventional non-proliferation: Ukraine's accession to the MTCR, Bushehr and the Satellite Deal 1994 to 1998; IV. 3.1 Getting Ukraine to join the MTCR; IV. 3.2 The Policy of issue linkage: non-proliferation, nuclear power plants and satellites; IV. 3.3 Foreign Policy Tools in making Ukraine join the MTCR; IV. 4 Euro-Atlantic integration: Ukraine in its wider context 1994 to 2004; IV. 4.1 The U.S.-Ukrainian honeymoon: broadening relations; IV. 4.2 Setbacks and frustration |
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According to realist premises, the United States has an interest in remaining the world's only superpower, thus creating the need to manage and maintain unipolarity. The pursuit of this grand strategy, however, required the U.S. to adapt its various strategies to individual states. Poland, Ukraine, and Belarus have played very different roles. While Poland was labeled "America's best friend" by President George W. Bush, Belarus was by no means seeking alignment with the U.S., whereas Ukraine-U.S. relations were subject to many ups and downs. These attitudes towards Washington led to very different policy approaches from a U.S. vantage point. As this study thus shows, the U.S. did not have an overall strategy for the region. Rather, Washington managed its relations with European states through a set of mainly bilateral relations. Madeleine Albright once described the tools of foreign policy as including "everything from kind words to cruise missiles." This book is a comparative case study of the U.S. use of these tools in its approaches toward Poland, Ukraine, and Belarus after the end of the Cold War. As the "only remaining superpower," Washington played a key role in Central and Eastern Europe. Yet, its actions and policies have received comparatively little attention. This book contributes to filling that gap by providing three in-depth case studies |
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IV. 4.3 Multilateralising Ukraine's transformation: Ukraine and NATO |
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Print version record |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General.
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Diplomatic relations
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Politics and government
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Poland
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Poland -- Foreign relations -- United States
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Ukraine -- Foreign relations -- United States
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Ukraine
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Belarus -- Foreign relations -- United States
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Belarus
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Case studies
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93001744
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Belarus
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Poland
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Ukraine
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United States
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Case studies
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Hill, William
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| ISBN |
3838270657 |
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9783838270654 |
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