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Eager trader, reluctant intervention (Clinton, 1993-2001)

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What was clintons approach to russia

95/96/97 Clinton makes a big push for the expansion of NATO, why? It ended any possibility to incorporate Russia into the Western democratic Europe. Clinton didn’t believe Russia would ever integrate in the democratic and free market West Europe, he gave up, when the Russian state became to devolve. Clinton was on the fence for a long time.

How did the clinton vs bush campgain go

Clinton pushed NAFTA. Bill Clinton ran against Bush. Clinton doesn't have a clear foreign policy. Bush felt humiliated after the Clinton loss. He saw Clinton as an intellectual lightweight. Later they became friends.

What was the outlook on the economy and militray?

We vitalize the economy, we want to promote the spread of democracy, it's the fukiyama anticipation. Even more important is the military, America is the supreme military. Clinton will cut on the army. It is based on the expanding spread of democracy.

How did nato expend?

The nato also expended. there was a agreement that the nuclear weapons in the east europe would be turned over to russia, eventually they did this.

What were clinton plans for europe?

There were two plans: the pro maximum expansion and those who were more careful. Clinton was first, the second one. They thought nato was not the best way to do it.

What was clintons response to yugoslvia?

The Clinton administration is very hesitant with military intervention. Clinton can get away with doing relatively nothing, because Europe says it will fix it, it doesn’t work and Clinton gets sucked in slowly. In the end it takes until 1995 for Clinton to decide to aggressively use the air force.

Why didnt bush sr dispose hussein?

Bush in 1991 had taken the decision to stop military operations and not depose Saddam Hussein, the decision was not made to depose Hussain, it was never a decision to make. The moments that the Iraqi troops start to evacuate Kuwait, the American troops continues for a day and then advises that they are done. The political goal was achieved. The US kept containing Iraq: economic sanctions, two no fly zones and bombing Iraq military installation.

How do nationalist view fp?

Very strong American nationalists, they believe that foreign policy should be about American interests, they are intertwined with spreading American values.

What was bush jr fp?

When Bush gets elected he enters the White House with a not so clear foreign affairs agenda. He gets largely elected, on the idea of America First: the economy is the major issue, not foreign policy. He wants to spread democracy, democracy more than any other human right, he got this from his father. H

How does bush diffriant himself from reagan?

He differentiates himself from Reagan, who had more the general human rights agenda.

How did clinton and bush diffeR?

Clinton and Al Gore put free trade higher on the agenda than democracy. Putting democracy higher on the agenda, but it is a way on hurting Clinton and Al Gore on China, we need to get tougher on China and Russia. Bush will make America stronger again, by focussing on the big potential enemies. No humanitarian interventions anymore > very different from the neo-conservatives.

How did bush change after 9/11

9/11 changes everything, very quickly everybody knows who is behind it and within a view days a short, middle and long term strategy is imposed. Vulcans get a lot to say, because they have a consistent vision, the moment when the Bush administration hijacked by a neo-conservative agenda.

What was the war on terror?

Taliban should turn over Osama bin Laden, the Americans should come and get him. Americans decided to did and depose the Taliban government. Not through a big American military operation but the neoconservative way: working through proxy allies, supported by special forces and CIA agents, use of satellites and air force support. This lead to an extremely successful operation > within a month most of Afghanistan was taken from the Taliban.

How did america view the afgahnistan conflict

This whole operation showed a pre-delinquent that the Bush administration saw the fight on terror, as a war on terror, to see it as a military operation. America was attacked because it had shown to be weak. We will show the strength of America by our military, technological superiority, making it a military problem meant focussing on the Taliban. The US thought it didn’t need a long-term military investment in Afghanistan, it would focus on the new problem: Iraq.

What did the legal choice to call it a war do?

Legal choice to see the fight on terror as a war, they made it the world’s problem, global threat, by a global organization. C

What was the long range strategy on the war on terror?

. Long range strategy was the war on terror > it was a strange thing, you do not declare war on an instrument, we are now in an eternal war because terror will never go away. It was a choice for worldwide military operations and interventions.

Did america want a nato war?

the US say they don’t want it to be a NATO operation, they do accept help bilateral.

What was the biggest fear

The fear that a country that has WMD, and would sell these to a terrorist group. Also, Obama’s and Cameron’s biggest fear. Most associated with preventive action, we need to expand self-defence, into pre-emptive self-defence, preventive self-defence. Big international relations question: w

What was the position of saudia arabia?

Saudi Arabia is a reluctant ally in the fight against al Qaeda, if not playing a double game. There is still going a lot of money from the Gulf states towards terrorist groups, one way to stop this, is to give the US more pressure on Saudi Arabia, by making them more independent. R

What could be a real reason for the invasion?

. Result of the fall of Hussain, US can withdraw their troops from Saudi Arabia, and become less dependent on them. Another reasoning, it to show that the US is strong and tough and it can do anything it likes, especially in that region, the US can reorganize the Middle East according to its own like > overestimating their own forces. Was Iraq considered a threat? Not so much because sponsoring of terrorism, not because they were developing a nuclear bomb

How was clinton on the fp of bush on china?

All presidents from clinton on, they talk tough about russia and china. In the first years they want to make this true to make a clash with china. Clinton criticizes Bush on FP on China, when Tainanmen happened

What did b ush do against china?

Bush took sanctions on China but was very weak and sent a high lvl messenger who weakened the threat. He favored the relation with China over human rights. He said free trade is the way to human rights et

What was one of clintons major achievements?

One of the major achievements of Clinton is the establishment of two and to bring many countries into this organization

N was us and nato called in the yugoslavia conflict?

Eu community assumed responsibility so clinton did nothing till it very badly failed. Nato and us were called in. There was a constitutional settlement. This has happened to ethnic cleansing.

What kind of mistake did clinton make in yugoslavia?

Clinton drew the lesson that he intervened too late and should go quicker. this strengthened the security council.

What quick intervntion soured the relationship with russia?

Kosovo there was a threat of a new ethnic cleansing of a province of serbia. with a mixed population. They wanted to intervene quickly; this was Clinton interventionism. This soured the relationship with russia.

Was bush a neo conservative?

they weren't neo conservatives. the conservative agenda is a weird combination. they believe in superiority of the us, and e nationalist. they want autonomy over the us. and believe that spreading democracy is in the us interest. the us shouldnt be reluctant. And not allow itself to be tied in with international organizations.
Bush did not buy too much of the neo conservative. He opposed the former president, they almost all do.

How was the war on terror made regiona;l?

they made it regionally and directed it to a state they did not support. A choice without debate was a war on terror. there was a choice for the use of the military.War against criminal justice system. The problem of terrorism was nationalized in Afghanistan and was fought as a military operation.

How was sadam bought in the war on terror?

What about sadam Hussein and iraq. Dick Cheney said after these attacks we need to deal with saddam. sadam did not fulfill his obligations and he was not disposed of. This was brought into the war on terror.

What was the bush docterine?

It is very vague. It is a kind of fear for a nightmare situation of mass destruction weapons. would get to rogue states, Obama has the same scenario. Bush used this to justify the war. The idea got more support.

What is tony blairs qute?

Tony Blair, there can't be peace in the middle east if it can't be through baghdad.

Why did it go wrong in iraq after the war?

the us underestimate the division between ethics etc. secondly the kursih situation, they have control of areas. In the new iraq new autonomy was preserved, the kurds have direct control over oil income. No national government would have full control. the civil war was erupting with the support of iran.

What were the dirty tricks of the americans and to what did this lead?

Americans played dirty tricks. They basically exposed the smaller groups and withheld them from the streets and made alliances with big suda tribes and ended the violence against the americans. what Americans underestimate was the influence of iran.predecessor of isis was almost militarily overcome in 2009/2008.

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