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Adversaries and statecraft: explaining U.S. foreign policy toward rogue states
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Though the U.S. has often claimed that rogue states' foreign policies, adventurism abroad, support for transnational terrorism, and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction threaten American interests, constructive engagement and positive inducements are often ruled out as foreign policy tools to address disconcerting behavior. This is often done with little regard for their potential to achieve desirable outcomes. States perceived as threatening U.S. interests are often sanctioned and isolated to the extent that opening a dialogue to address issues of concern becomes very difficult. While considerable attention has been paid to foreign policy strategies such as containment, sanctions, and coercive diplomacy, the issues of constructive engagement and positive inducements have received less scrutiny in international relations. Why is engagement preferred under certain circumstances and when dealing with certain states but rejected in other situations? Why is engagement as an option discounted when it offers the potential to achieve favorable outcomes for the United States? Why is there a perceptible reticence to use positive inducements as a foreign policy tool?
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Creator
Fields, Jeffrey (author)
Core Title
Adversaries and statecraft: explaining U.S. foreign policy toward rogue states
School
College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Degree Program
Politics
Publication Date
12/17/2007
Defense Date
08/27/2007
Publisher
University of Southern California
(original),
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Tag
American foreign policy,diplomacy,OAI-PMH Harvest,rogue states,statecraft
Place Name
Iran
(countries),
Libya
(countries),
North Korea
(countries),
Syria
(countries),
USA
(countries)
Language
English
Advisor
James, Patrick (
committee chair
), Lamy, Steven L. (
committee chair
), English, Robert D. (
committee member
), Odell, John S. (
committee member
)
Creator Email
jrfields@usc.edu
Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/usctheses-m982
Unique identifier
UC159505
Identifier
etd-Fields-20071217 (filename),usctheses-m40 (legacy collection record id),usctheses-c127-490523 (legacy record id),usctheses-m982 (legacy record id)
Legacy Identifier
etd-Fields-20071217.pdf
Dmrecord
490523
Document Type
Dissertation
Rights
Fields, Jeffrey
Type
texts
Source
University of Southern California
(contributing entity),
University of Southern California Dissertations and Theses
(collection)
Repository Name
Libraries, University of Southern California
Repository Location
Los Angeles, California
Repository Email
cisadmin@lib.usc.edu
Tags
American foreign policy
rogue states
statecraft