PSCI 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Expansionism, News, Walter Russell Mead
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Germany is one of the most important allies of the us. Concern about the extent to which the us is committed to upholding int order. Olympic diplomacy: s and n korean tension decreasing, may march together, last time (88) the n koreans were purposefully disruptive. Intro: studying theories of us foreign policy key lens for the rest of the course, is america good, bad, or ugly? (mcdougall) Less angry and elitist kennan: influence of washington"s farewell address on us fp. Why develop theories and study history: forget the past condemned to repeat it, etc. Context important: history is the evidence that we are applying our theories to, walter mcdougall. Confusion and discord have been the norm, according to mcdougall. Consistency exists in too many different directions, can justify anything. Strands of us foreign policy divided by time and underlying concept.
