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Post Cold War Foreign Policy

Post Cold War Foreign Policy. Changed Relations with the Soviets 1) Europe- Last Class. 2) Developing World. 3) Nuclear Weapons- START. 4) Conventional Weapons- CFE. Collapse of the Soviet Union 1) Opposition Parties Allowed. 2) Yeltsin. 3) Breakaway Republics. All Union Treaty.

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Post Cold War Foreign Policy

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  1. Post Cold War Foreign Policy

  2. Changed Relations with the Soviets 1) Europe- Last Class 2) Developing World 3) Nuclear Weapons- START 4) Conventional Weapons- CFE

  3. Collapse of the Soviet Union 1) Opposition Parties Allowed 2) Yeltsin 3) Breakaway Republics

  4. All Union Treaty August 1991- failed Coup Russia not the Soviet Union Dec 8, 1991 CIS not SU Dec 25, 1991 SU gone

  5. What should US Foreign Policy Be? US dominant economically- 5.6 trillion GDP, 26% World Output US dominant militarily US culture also dominant

  6. “End of History” --Fukuyama “New World Order” --Bush American Primacy

  7. Gulf War 1990- Saddam $80 bn debt August 1990- Iraq invades Kuwait International Embargo Operation Desert Shield

  8. American Interest 1) Oil 2) Moderates and Israel 3) Reputation

  9. UN- Jan 15, 1991 deadline US- Ghosts of Vietnam 52-47 Victory for Use of Force in Senate

  10. Jan. 17, 1991 Operation Desert Storm Feb 24- Ground Invasion Feb 28 Cease-fire US KIA: 376(148(35)) Iraq KIA: 40,000-100,000

  11. Why Not Get Rid of Saddam? 1) Coalition 2) Fears of Civil war 3) Regional Balance of Power 4) Limited Objectives

  12. Cease-Fire UNSCOM Bush- 91% approval rating Clinton- It’s the Economy Stupid Clinton Wins

  13. Clinton Foreign Policy 1) Economy- 1993- NAFTA 1994- GATT/WTO

  14. 2) Democracy- Enlargement Problems 1) Lack of Interest 2) Democratization Troubles 3) Inconsistencies

  15. 3) Multilateralism Problems: Somalia Haiti Bosnia

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