... , 1998, 2001, 2008). It aims to conduct a critical discourse analysis of proclamations made by the two most recent American administrations, those of Bush and Obama, regarding their foreign policy decisions towards the Middle Eastern countries of Iraq and Egypt. The study uses a qualitative content analytical research method1. Together thirteen representative proclamations containing suitable language for the research were ... right language within an appropriate concept, a powerful discourse can be created. The studied proclamations contain certain semantic areas that keep reappearing w...

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... life. His fascination with Russia did not mean giving up the idea, long advocated, of a military showdown with France. However, such a conflict would prove fruitless and ineffective "if our foreign policy aims were restricted to this war. It has and will retain significance only if it provides ... gotten him power. In the economic field he subordinated the established National Socialist party ideas to the wishes of the capitalist leaders. In military affairs he quickly chose in favor of the armed forces against the SA. Hitler wanted a militarily powerful Germany, one able to ... well tr...

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... . Biz-with a very limited knowledge of economics, no experience in social policy making, and caring nothing for this military dispute-would agree to become Prussian Prime Minister so long as Wilhelm gave him what he really wanted: unfettered control of Prussian foreign policy making. Wilhelm refused. Wilhelm held out until 1862, at the moment when his ministers were willing to give ... Act of September 1866, which declared that Biz's previous unconstitutional expenditures, were legal, essentially nullifying their past assertions and accepting the Crown's actions in bypassing their author...

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... as a way to show the preference of the international community was for Russia to cease what they are doing14. If the Western powers adopted a realist approach on foreign policy, the Western powers would have used military force against the invasion of Russia, an approach that in a liberal perspective is a last resort. By staying the path of using economic sanctions against Russia, as ... amount of negativity towards Russia from other nations, the threat of an all-out war decreases and the course of international peace can continue. Their foreign policy not only keeps them from using the...

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... be forced to deal with the Soviet Union in negotiations directed chiefly by the Soviets. Therefore, Soviet military strength obviously ranked as a top priority for Brezhnev. American foreign policy decision makers were at the time operating under the understanding that the Soviet Union was gaining power ... . Evidence of this could be found within the Soviet Union in military development, and abroad through the development of the ... entered office, he faced a unique set of political, economic, and militaristic circumstances. Internationally, the basis for superpower status was changing...

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... Powers were ready for the conflict, had planned for it, and when the crisis came, diplomatic thinking was bypassed by military critical readiness. Fourthly, Joll examined the importance of domestic policies, which, according to several historians, could have influenced foreign policy decisions. Every Great Power was "passing through a political and social crisis in 1914." The Austro-Hungarian Empire was ... Britain's silence, believed in a localized European war, similar to the Balkan one of 1913. Eventually, according to the author, the Chancellor lost effective control of the events ...

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... it known that "the United States would uphold the peace unilaterally through its own military might, rather than through the United nations"26 An exceptionalist attitude had taken over foreign policy. No longer could other nations be trusted to operate cohesively. Instead America would now ... dominate proceedings of the globe with its military strength as an underlying warning for nations to align with their opinion ... this would pay off for the American Government in the aftermath. John Lemza put it brilliantly; "the plight of the 3,000 American military family members in Berlin [toge...

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... Détente. Prior to Détente and the Nixon Administration, the American foreign policy that predominated during the Cold War was the strategy of containment. The Soviet and Chinese military expansion and international hegemony was cause of deep concern to American administrations. Balancing military power along with a willingness to use that power, challenging communist aggression wherever it ... was calling for a re-distribution of resources in such a way as to prioritize a domestic agenda while significantly scaling back on military spending (433). Prior to the 1970's, there had existe...

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... , had taught the Shah two lessons that shaped his attitudes and behaviour in the decades to follow. The first was the vital importance of a strong, well-equipped military force to deter foreign, especially Soviet, intervention. The other was the political danger of permitting an independent, or charismatic, rival close to the seat of real power. Thus, the American ... four years between 1972-76, the Iranian government ordered $9 billion worth of sophisticated weaponry from the United States, and with it came tens of thousands of U.S. military personnel. Joining the military advisors came...

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... the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., had become the dominant political issue of the day. After the debate over China, JFK emerged as a consistent, if unpredictable, critic of the Truman administration's foreign policy. Meanwhile, he had become friends with a freshman senator from Wisconsin, a Republican named Joseph McCarthy. It was McCarthy who, in February 1950, made a speech in which he ... for weakness, authorized the construction of Soviet missile bases in Cuba, from which the entire United States could be threatened with nuclear attack. On October 16, 1962, JFK's military advisers handed hi...

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... professional skill in certain field and with the education background of studying science and technology. None of them has worked in the department of foreign affairs for a long time. They seem to have little diplomatic experience of dealing with the outside world. Therefore, some American scholars, ... Zemin and Qian Qichen over the past decade. Hu Jintao has had ample exposure to military and national security issues since the late 1990s as the Vice-Chairman of the Central Military Commission, For example, he played a big role in handling the crises over the NATO ... real GDP growth ...

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... President James Monroe's two terms (1817-25), it really began in 1815, when for the first time American citizens could afford to pay less attention to European political and military affairs. The predominant attitude was what in the 20th century is called isolationism. The good feelings, perhaps better termed complacency, were stimulated by two events of 1816, during the ... of intellect, will, and action. Political realism contains not only a theoretical but also a normative element. At the same time political realism considers a rational foreign policy to be good foreign policy; for on...

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... President James Monroe's two terms (1817-25), it really began in 1815, when for the first time American citizens could afford to pay less attention to European political and military affairs. The predominant attitude was what in the 20th century is called isolationism. The good feelings, perhaps better termed complacency, were stimulated by two events of 1816, during the ... of intellect, will, and action. Political realism contains not only a theoretical but also a normative element. At the same time political realism considers a rational foreign policy to be good foreign policy; for on...

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... Anti-Apartheid Act, the setback in administration policy which was derived from growing electoral strength of African Americans was rising Republican concern over the issue of race in US foreign policy. Along with new American condemnation, United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 392 which strongly condemned the incident and the apartheid government along with conservative administration American and British ... increasingly insistent pressures for sanctions against South Africa. As stated by Schraeder, one of "two important developments" contributed to pressures for change US ...

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