US and Venezuela Relations: Venezuela in US Foreign Policy in 2017 - This thesis examines foreign relations of US and Venezuela from the beginning of 2017 till August the same year. A complexity of these relations is being provided at first and later on bilateral foreign policy is being examined through the point of threat using discourse and content analysis methods. Analysis consists of US legislative and executive branch official documents (speeches, hearings) looking into human rights abuse, responsibility to act and democracy topics. Analysis presents construct of Venezuela in US foreign policy during particular period of time.
US and Venezuela Relations: Venezuela in US Foreign Policy in 2017 - This thesis examines foreign relations of US and Venezuela from the beginning of 2017 till August the same year. A complexity of these relations is being provided at first and later on bilateral foreign policy is being examined through the point of threat using discourse and content analysis methods. Analysis consists of US legislative and executive branch official documents (speeches, hearings) looking into human rights abuse, responsibility to act and democracy topics. Analysis presents construct of Venezuela in US foreign policy during particular period of time.
US and Venezuela Relations: Venezuela in US Foreign Policy in 2017 - This thesis examines foreign relations of US and Venezuela from the beginning of 2017 till August the same year. A complexity of these relations is being provided at first and later on bilateral foreign policy is being examined through the point of threat using discourse and content analysis methods. Analysis consists of US legislative and executive branch official documents (speeches, hearings) looking into human rights abuse, responsibility to act and democracy topics. Analysis presents construct of Venezuela in US foreign policy during particular period of time.
US and Venezuela Relations: Venezuela in US Foreign Policy in 2017 - This thesis examines foreign relations of US and Venezuela from the beginning of 2017 till August the same year. A complexity of these relations is being provided at first and later on bilateral foreign policy is being examined through the point of threat using discourse and content analysis methods. Analysis consists of US legislative and executive branch official documents (speeches, hearings) looking into human rights abuse, responsibility to act and democracy topics. Analysis presents construct of Venezuela in US foreign policy during particular period of time.
Clan Struggle for Power – the Relation Between Domestic and Foreign Policy in Russia This thesis analyses the effect of clans on the Russian foreign policy formation. Based on the systematic process analysis method, the neo-classical theory of realism is used to trace the chain of causal relationships in which the clan's struggle is influencing foreign policy formation. The synthesis of neo-realism and state capacity analysis complements the approach of neoclassical realism theory. It is argued that the cluster of the leader images, where the role of clans is fundamental, plays an important role in the formation of Russian foreign policy. The struggle of the clans to establish themselves in the structures of the Russian government was the cornerstone of the transformation from pragmatist and a multipolar approach to the Russian foreign policy into a transimperialist approach.
Clan Struggle for Power – the Relation Between Domestic and Foreign Policy in Russia This thesis analyses the effect of clans on the Russian foreign policy formation. Based on the systematic process analysis method, the neo-classical theory of realism is used to trace the chain of causal relationships in which the clan's struggle is influencing foreign policy formation. The synthesis of neo-realism and state capacity analysis complements the approach of neoclassical realism theory. It is argued that the cluster of the leader images, where the role of clans is fundamental, plays an important role in the formation of Russian foreign policy. The struggle of the clans to establish themselves in the structures of the Russian government was the cornerstone of the transformation from pragmatist and a multipolar approach to the Russian foreign policy into a transimperialist approach.
Clan Struggle for Power – the Relation Between Domestic and Foreign Policy in Russia This thesis analyses the effect of clans on the Russian foreign policy formation. Based on the systematic process analysis method, the neo-classical theory of realism is used to trace the chain of causal relationships in which the clan's struggle is influencing foreign policy formation. The synthesis of neo-realism and state capacity analysis complements the approach of neoclassical realism theory. It is argued that the cluster of the leader images, where the role of clans is fundamental, plays an important role in the formation of Russian foreign policy. The struggle of the clans to establish themselves in the structures of the Russian government was the cornerstone of the transformation from pragmatist and a multipolar approach to the Russian foreign policy into a transimperialist approach.
Clan Struggle for Power – the Relation Between Domestic and Foreign Policy in Russia This thesis analyses the effect of clans on the Russian foreign policy formation. Based on the systematic process analysis method, the neo-classical theory of realism is used to trace the chain of causal relationships in which the clan's struggle is influencing foreign policy formation. The synthesis of neo-realism and state capacity analysis complements the approach of neoclassical realism theory. It is argued that the cluster of the leader images, where the role of clans is fundamental, plays an important role in the formation of Russian foreign policy. The struggle of the clans to establish themselves in the structures of the Russian government was the cornerstone of the transformation from pragmatist and a multipolar approach to the Russian foreign policy into a transimperialist approach.
Smart power is a completely new phenomenon in international relations. It is defined as a smart combination of hard and soft powers"tools, which leads to effective foreign policy. Smart power is closely related with the case of the United States, in which even the highest officials in their rhetorics use the term of smart power. According to officials, smart power is an objective in foreign policy. Therefore there is a need to research if the USA uses smart power in its foreign policy towards China after 2009. The subject of this study is the use of smart power in foreign policy of the United States towards China since 2009. The aim of this study is to research if the U.S. uses the smart power as a tool of foreign policy in relations with China after the year 2009. To achieve this aim the following goals are settled: to present a theory of international relations realism, and its main ideas and types, distinguishing neoclassical realism; to discuss the term of power in international relations by distinguishing soft and hard power forms, and to present the concept of smart power by highlighting its origins, definition, application and tools; to perform an analyses of official U. S. rhetorics towards China after year 2009 by analyzing National security strategy and the speeches of the highest officials, and by evaluating the smart power evidence in those rhetorics; to analyze the smart power in U.S. foreign policy towards China after 2009 by using a structured interview method with international relations" experts. The defendant statement/hypothesis of this paper: the United States uses smart power as a tool of foreign policy towards China after 2009. Smart power is based on the principle when in a given situation the appropriate tool or combination of tools is selected in order to reach successful and effective foreign policy. While the smart power is neither hard nor soft power, it is often described as the method of power application, but not as a new form of power. The tools of smart power include both hard power and soft power tools, between which there are diplomatic, economic, military, political, legal and cultural instruments. The results of official U.S. rhetorics analyses suggest that smart power is declared as a foreign policy of U.S. towards China tool after 2009. Both the National Security Strategy and the official rhetoric of the highest officials suggest that the United States seeks to strengthen soft power tools, which became the priority, together with well-developed hard power. However, according to experts on international relations, the use of smart power in U.S. relations with China after 2009 is unimportant part of foreign policy. Smart power is an appropriate term to describe U.S foreign policy towards China after 2009, but it is not relevant during the process of policy formation.
