The Foreign Policies of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush

A Comparative Perspective
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-0-415-43773-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 214 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 493 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Martin A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Außenpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Geopolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. Chapter 1: Militant Islamist Terrorism. Chapter 2: Regime Change in Iraq. Chapter 3: The Israel-Palestinian Peace Process. Chapter 4: Denuclearizing North Korea.Chapter 5: Transatlantic Security Relations and NATO. Chapter 6: US Relations with Russia. Chapter 7: Forces of Continuity; Sources of Change

Über Autor(innen)

Martin A. Smith is Senior Lecturer in Defence and International Affairs at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. His main research interests are in the fields of international security, with a particular focus on international power, European security, with a particular focus on the post-Cold War evolution of NATO, and US foreign policy, with a particular focus on the presidencies of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.