China's Political Influence in Turkey and Iran during the Cold War: A Comparison of the Revolutionary Organization of the Tudeh Party of Iran and the Proletarian Revolutionary Enlightenment Movement

This article focuses on the analysis of the new strategic concept of NATO (Lisbon 2010) and its effect on German foreign and security policy. During the Cold War, the (old) Federal Republic of Germany had done well to recognize its limited sovereignty while at the same time expanding its economic and political influence in NATO and the EC/EU. This approach has not fundamentally changed with the unification of Germany in 1990. Since then Germany has been developing its imperial ambitions cautiously, embedded in the aggressive NATO military pact and the militarization of the EU. The credo of the new Germany is the enforcement of both;, German economic and geo-strategic interests as a nation cannot be achieved alone, but only within the range of existing alliances.

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Commercial Imperialism? Political Influence and Trade During the Cold War

The American Economic Review ◽

10.1257/aer.103.2.863 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 103 (2) ◽

pp. 863-896 ◽

Cited By ~ 91

Author(s):

Daniel Berger ◽

William Easterly ◽

Nathan Nunn ◽

Shanker Satyanath

Keyword(s):

Cold War ◽

Comparative Advantage ◽

Political Ideology ◽

Political Influence ◽

Foreign Market ◽

Trade Costs ◽

The Us ◽

Foreign Governments ◽

The Cold War ◽

Rule Out

We provide evidence that increased political influence, arising from CIA interventions during the Cold War, was used to create a larger foreign market for American products. Following CIA interventions, imports from the US increased dramatically, while total exports to the US were unaffected. The surge in imports was concentrated in industries in which the US had a comparative disadvantage, not a comparative advantage. Our analysis is able to rule out decreased trade costs, changing political ideology, and an increase in US loans and grants as alternative explanations. We provide evidence that the increased imports arose through direct purchases of American products by foreign governments. (JEL D72, F14, F54, N42, N72)

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The Implementation of Russian Federation’s Coercive Diplomacy towards Ukraine in the New Great Game Context over Gas Pipeline Dispute (2006 -2009)

Jurnal Global & Strategis ◽

10.20473/jgs.10.1.2016.125-136 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 125

Author(s):

Anak Agung Banyu Perwita ◽

Nurhayati Pakpahan

Keyword(s):

Cold War ◽

National Security ◽

North Atlantic ◽

Political Influence ◽

The United States ◽

Coercive Diplomacy ◽

Game Context ◽

The Cold War ◽

Gas Price ◽

Great Game

The worsening of technical and safety condition of the pipeline infrastructure in Ukraine due to economic crisis following the end of the Cold War had driven Russia to provide compensation to Ukraine through applying subsidy on its gas price and paying the Ukrainian gas imports as long as Ukraine keep its promise to pay back the country’s debt until 2005. However, since Ukraine’s integration with the United States and its Western Allies by asking to become part of North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Union state members, it refused to pay its high gas debts to Russia. This situation made Russia feels threatened towards its national security where there will be a possibility to the fall of Russian political influence in Ukraine. In 2006, Russia decided to implement its coercive diplomacy actions towards Ukraine through politicizing its gas sector.

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Commercial Imperialism? Political Influence and Trade During the Cold War

10.3386/w15981 ◽

2010 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Daniel Berger ◽

William Easterly ◽

Nathan Nunn ◽

Shanker Satyanath

Keyword(s):

Cold War ◽

Political Influence ◽

The Cold War

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“A Force for Good”?

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199665679.013.52 ◽

2016 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Lisbeth Aggestam ◽

Adrian Hyde-Price

Keyword(s):

Cold War ◽

International Institutions ◽

Political Influence ◽

Military Operations ◽

The World ◽

The Cold War

This chapter examines the politics of Swedish military activism and the paradoxes they involve. Since the end of the Cold War, Sweden has been involved a range of international military operations—from Bosnia and Congo to Afghanistan and Libya—that are very different from traditional peacekeeping. We argue that this military activism is driven both by the Swedish internationalist tradition of “doing good” in the world, but also for instrumental purposes. These include a desire for political influence in international institutions, an interest in collective milieu shaping, and a concern to improve the interoperability and effectiveness of the Swedish military.

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