Review of "Strategy for Empire: U.S. Regional Security Policy in the Post-Cold War Era," by Brian Loveman (ed.)

An important feature of Israel's foreign policy in the post-Cold War era has been development of relations with emerging powers, including China. The importance of the economic component in the foreign policy of both countries, China's efforts to achieve the status of a great power, and Israel's strategies to improve its global image and regional position have brought the two countries' relations into a form of comprehensive cooperation in the post-Cold War era. Describing the relations between the two countries in the political, military and economic spheres and acknowledging the impact of China and Israel's behavior patterns on national and regional security of Iran the article seeks to answer the following questions : What are the indicators of the development of China-Israel relations in the post-Cold War era? What are the consequences of these relations for Iran? From this article's point of view, the development of China-Israel relations in all areas has been on an upward trajectory and hence have substantial implications at the national (threatening China-Iran relations in the field of energy and weakening Iran-China military relations and enfeebling Iran's position in the Silk Road project), regional (changing the balance to the detriment of Iran, Iran's containment and normalization of Arab-Israeli relations) and international levels (China's accompanying pressures on Iran, Israel's use of China's capacity in international institutions and efforts to legitimizing and reinforcing the notion of Iran's threat and continuing Iranophobia) for Iran's security.

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Neutrality as Identity? Finland's Quest for Security in the Cold War

Journal of Cold War Studies ◽

10.1162/jcws_a_00680 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 18 (4) ◽

pp. 51-78 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Juhana Aunesluoma ◽

Johanna Rainio-Niemi

Keyword(s):

Cold War ◽

Security Policy ◽

Political Identity ◽

Public Support ◽

Final Phase ◽

Post Cold War ◽

Cold War Era ◽

Foreign And Security Policy ◽

National Consensus ◽

The Cold War

This article examines Finland's Cold War neutrality, highlighting its political and ideational dimensions. In contrast to other scholars who have stressed the pragmatic realpolitik considerations behind Finnish policymaking, the article demonstrates that political and ideological considerations were at least as important in shaping Finnish Cold War neutrality. The ideological and political identity dimensions are connected to the strong national consensus that lay behind Finnish neutrality policy and its wide, sustained public support. Paying attention to these dimensions helps us also to understand continuities in Finnish foreign and security policy that have continued into the post–Cold War period. The continuities of Cold War–era neutrality formulations are illustrated by a discussion of Finnish foreign policymaking in the final phase of the Cold War and the early 1990s.

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China's security policy in the post‐Cold War era

Survival ◽

10.1080/00396339208442643 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 34 (2) ◽

pp. 88-106 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

David Shambaugh

Keyword(s):

Cold War ◽

Security Policy ◽

Post Cold War ◽

Cold War Era

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African Regionalism & Human Protection Norms: An Overview

Global Responsibility to Protect ◽

10.1163/1875984x-00803007 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 8 (2-3) ◽

pp. 201-226

Author(s):

Charles T. Hunt

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Cold War ◽

Security Policy ◽

Regional Level ◽

Responsibility To Protect ◽

Post Cold War ◽

International Solidarity ◽

Peace And Security ◽

Cold War Era ◽

Policy Agendas

Growing international solidarity for protection principles has formed the backdrop for an evolving notion of human protection at the un in the post-Cold War era. The emergence of the ‘Human Rights up Front’ initiative, protection of children and Women, Peace and Security policy agendas, and normative frameworks such as the protection of civilians and the Responsibility to Protect are indicative of a tangible human protection agenda at the un. However, the extent to which human protection norms have diffused in different regions vary in important ways. Africa – one region or many – has been a norm maker, shaper and taker, as well as a major recipient of action in accordance with this nascent normative regime. This article provides an overview of regionalism in Africa and examines how perspectives and institutional expressions at the regional level(s) have been influenced by – and in turn influenced – the uptake and development of norms around human protection.

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MISSILE DEFENSE ROLES IN THE POST-COLD WAR U.S. STRATEGY

Politeja ◽

10.12797/politeja.14.2017.50.12 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 14 (5 (50)) ◽

pp. 263-293

Author(s):

Tomasz PUGACEWICZ

Keyword(s):

Cold War ◽

Security Policy ◽

The United States ◽

Extensive Literature ◽

Missile Defense ◽

Post Cold War ◽

Defense Strategy ◽

Cold War Era ◽

Foreign And Security Policy ◽

The U.S

MISSILE DEFENSE ROLES IN THE POST-COLD WAR U.S. STRATEGY The debate on missile defense in the United States has been going on for more than half a century, and brought about extensive literature on this subject. Although many studies on BMDS are publications dedicated to U.S. strategy, foreign and security policy, only a few works are focused solely on the U.S. missile defense strategy in the post-Cold War era from the long-term perspective. The aim of this article is to discuss the U.S. missile defense strategy in the post-Cold War era. The paper consists of an introduction, three sections, and a conclusion. The introduction includes short literature review and explains the domestic and international significance of BMDS. In the first section, BMDS is defined and described, next the ongoing debate about sources of U.S. focus on missile defense development is presented. In the last section, four functions of the BMDS in the U.S. post-Cold War strategy are analyzed. Conclusion includes brief recap, as well as costs and benefits assessment of the consequences of the BMDS deployment.

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Southeast Asia in the Post-Cold War Era: Regionalism and Security

Asian Survey ◽

10.1525/as.1992.32.9.00p0203b ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 32 (9) ◽

pp. 830-847 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Leszek Buszynski

Keyword(s):

Cold War ◽

Southeast Asia ◽

Post Cold War ◽

Cold War Era

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