Beyond Good and Evil: American Foreign Policy Since 1980

G. Nelson Bass

Beyond Good and Evil: American Foreign Policy Since 1980

G. Nelson Bass

Department of Humanities and Politics

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Abstract

Traditionally, states frame their interactions with other nations in terms of “good” and “evil.” The United States has been no exception. However, beginning in the 1980s, U.S. foreign policy shifted from a strategy of “containment” to one of “democracy promotion,” which inevitably made these distinctions much more difficult to discern. How can American foreign policy under democracy promotion be best explained? What theoretical tools help us best analyze American foreign policy in the post-Cold War world? Most importantly, what type of democracy are we promoting?

Original language	American English
State	Published - Jan 16 2014
Event	CAHSS Intellectual Conversations - Nova Southeastern University, Davie, United States Duration: Jul 1 2013 → Jun 30 2014 https://nsuworks.nova.edu/far_fls/ay2013-2014

Conference

Conference	CAHSS Intellectual Conversations
Country/Territory	United States
City	Davie
Period	7/1/13 → 6/30/14
Internet address	https://nsuworks.nova.edu/far_fls/ay2013-2014

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International Relations
Policy History, Theory, and Methods

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