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The Studies On The American New-conservatism Diplomacy Idea And Practice

Posted on:2012-05-15Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:R TaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2216330341950947Subject:World History
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According to evolution of the New-conservative diplomatic ideas, this thesis tries to start from the New-conservative mechanism, and discusses the concept of consensus and difference in the different period, and then reveals the inner link of the New-conservative diplomatic ideas and American diplomacy.As a stream of political thought, the New-conservatism was not only the product that the liberal intellectuals overheated reflect liberalism since the 1960s, but also a thought recombination in the field of American ideology in the special environment of cold war. Its diplomatic theory expressed that it thought highly of military strength theory as a pillar and emphasized ideology in the role of national diplomacy as a thought core, and it stressed on maintain western democracy and against communism, and it also proposed setting up the world political situation dominated by the U.S. In the policy practice, it showed the excessive tending to unilateralism and preemptive behavior. As a new strength in American conservatism, it had the closer connection with freedom democracy and "heaven destiny" in the traditional American thoughts, thus it formed a set of internal structure stability, external seemingly "mild" theory system.The New-conservative diplomatic ideas which developed for 40 years, also was the historical period that achieved self-improvement and development and generated huge political energy. After President Reagan, the New-conservative American diplomatic ideas began to become Washington official philosophy and applied to the diplomatic practice for the first time. and with the good situation in U.S diplomacy and the transformation of objective environment, it questioned by society and later was abandoned. the former 10 years after the cold war, was not only the time that the New-conservative diplomatic ideas in diplomatic practice was in silence, but also the time that it injected new theory elements according to the changes of international environment, and it appeared with resurgence after elections in the U.S. congress in 1994.After the "9 ? 11" incident, the New-conservative diplomatic ideas ushered the real sense of "golden age". The George W. Bush adopted this theory in diplomatic field, and focused on the "counter-terrorism policy foundation for strategic" that established the "Bush Doctrine". The Iraqi War as New-conservatism the externalization of diplomatic notion, marking the New-conservative foreign idea to the influence of American diplomacy to acme, following The "New Bush Doctrine " strategy of BushΠin his second term, New-conservative diplomatic ideas gradually began to lose the central position of in U.S diplomatic thought .As a social and political theory, American New-conservatism diplomatic concept impacted the traditional American diplomacy, and had important infection in the development of the world politics in a way. But its strong practical offensive and ideological rigidity decided the limitation of its political function, and the New-conservative diplomatic concept also displayed that American diplomacy will present in"wave mode".
Keywords/Search Tags:New-Conservatism, Diplomatic ideas, Practice, the United State
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