Americanization and Anti-American Attitudes in South Africa and Georgia

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loes Nas
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Military Power ◽  
Republic Of Georgia ◽  
Emerging Democracies ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The U.S

This essay compares processes of “Americanization” and “anti-American” attitudes in South Africa and the Republic of Georgia. The author, originally from the Netherlands, focuses on these two countries because of her long-term personal experiences in these countries and because they are two emerging democracies. But she makes a point of drawing on survey materials in order to extend her personal experiences. While Nas argues that both countries, like probably most countries, have to contend with the economic, political, and military power of the U.S. today, the essay ultimately argues that the Republic of Georgia is moving from being anti-American (and anti-Western) to being pro-American, whereas South Africa is moving from being generally pro-American to being increasingly anti-American.

Loes Nas on Kate Delaney and Andrzej Antoszek

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
South African ◽  
Republic Of Georgia ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
African Experience ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Economic Imperialism ◽  
The U.S

This essay is a response to the essay “Americanization and Anti-Americanism in Poland: A Case Study, 1945-2006.” The author argues that Poland, Georgia, and South Africa tend to echo each other, even though they are arguably very different countries. It stresses that Poland and the Republic of Georgia, for example, were both subjected to Soviet influence and that this had consequences over the years in their views of the U.S. Nas is quite interested in Delaney and Antoszek’s argument that Poland is the least anti-American country in Europe, and suggests that it might be better to examine those attitudes as attitudes expressed above ground or underground. The essay also contemplates the possibility that Poland had more freedom than Georgia because it was never a formal part of the Soviet Union. And it contemplates the South African experience which highlights U.S. economic imperialism, even though Chinese influence now also needs to be examined.

Southern Africa: A Cataclysm Averted?

Worldview ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 11-16
Author(s):  
Ross K. Baker
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
American Foreign Policy ◽  
National Interest ◽  
Substantial Part ◽  
World Power ◽  
External Relations ◽  
The Republic

In a time when idiocies such as the domino theory comprise a substantial part of American foreign policy one has to look hard for evidence that authentic national interest is anywhere being invoked as a rationale for external relations. That the Republic of South Africa seems to be a world power demonstrating innovation in diplomacy and putting shibboleths in their rightful place says something about the genera] bankruptcy of Western statecraft. While Ford and Kissinger flail about seeking justifications for American failures and misalliances, a moldy, outcast regime in Pretoria has embarked upon a path of diplomatic initiative which has effectively breached the wall of isolation that has surrounded it for two decades. The motives of the regime of John Vorster may be sinister and base, but there appears to be a far more sophisticated perception of long-term interests in Pretoria than in Washington.

scholarly journals Long-Term Outcomes of 217 Botulism Cases in the Republic of Georgia

2007 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 174-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. L. Gottlieb ◽  
K. Kretsinger ◽  
N. Tarkhashvili ◽  
N. Chakvetadze ◽  
M. Chokheli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Republic Of Georgia ◽  
Long Term Outcomes ◽  
The Republic

Combat Social Work in Vietnam, 1968–1969

2020 ◽  
pp. 65-92
Author(s):  
Raymond Mansour Scurfield
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Vietnam War ◽  
Combat Veterans ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Military Career ◽  
Health Practitioners ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
The U.S

This chapter presents combat social work in the U.S. Vietnam war. The author discusses his military career, the special challenges and lessons from his year-long tour of duty and a combat social worker’s view of the realities on the ground. This chapter provides a case study of how behavioral health practitioners in-country were confronted with what the author refers to as the psychiatric paradox—Was a psychiatric casualty “too sane” to be medially evacuated or “too sick” to be returned to duty?—coupled with significant pressure to return psych casualties to duty. The author describes his personal experiences and how he came home changed and interested in helping fellow combat veterans. He describes the lessons learned from his further mental health services to hundreds of war veterans postwar and the pervasive impact of war on those exposed to war, directly or indirectly, and their long-term recovery.

Methods for Monitoring Strong Space Weather Disturbances to Support International Air Navigation

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 102-110
Author(s):  
I. M. Aleshin ◽  
◽  
A. S. Arakelov ◽  
E. A. Bruevich ◽  
V. A. Burov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Space Weather ◽  
Radiation Environment ◽  
Radio Communication ◽  
Monitoring Techniques ◽  
Monitoring And Forecasting ◽  
The U.S

The object of research is the methods for monitoring and forecasting strong space weather disturbances affecting the radiation environment and radio communication during air travels. The monitoring techniques used by the existing space weather centers are analyzed: the U.S. Center, the PECASUS consortium (Great Britain, Finland, Germany, Poland, Austria, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Cyprus, and South Africa), the AJCF consortium (Australia, Japan, Canada, France), and the Russian-Chinese space weather consortium.

Outside Influence on South Africa: Afrikanerdom in Disarray

1983 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heribert Adam
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Economic Sanctions ◽  
Wishful Thinking ◽  
The South ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The U.S ◽  
New Entry

Among the sober assessments of U.S. interests in South Africa by the Rockefeller Commission one finds a rare lapse into wishful thinking. It is the contention that the option of Major economic sanctions against the Republic ‘must be kept in the U.S. policy arsenal’. Since this distinguished body recommended against expansion and new entry into South Africa (but also against disinvestment), the commitment of American and European firms in South Africa has grown substantially. U.S. investment alone increased by 13 per cent in 1981. The 1,200 British companies, followed by 375 American and 350 West German firms, with a total foreign investment of R30 billion in 1982, seem to confirm the South African propaganda of stability and growth. These interests constitute an effective veto block against meaningful disengagement.

scholarly journals Resource sovereignty and accumulation in the blue economy: the case of seabed mining in Namibia

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 381
Author(s):  
Rosanna Carver
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Rigorous Analysis ◽  
Policy Debates ◽  
Blue Economy ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Seabed Mining ◽  
Recent Policy

<p>Following its global emergence, the blue economy agenda is now touted as a mechanism through which the Republic of Namibia can achieve long-term sustainable and equitable growth. In (re)defining the ocean, seabed mining has been central to these discussions. Drawing on fieldwork and semi-structured interviews undertaken with key actors in Namibia and South Africa, between 2016 and 2017, as well as recent policy debates and discourse surrounding the potential extraction of marine phosphate in Namibia this article critically examines the framing of the marine environment as an extractive space. The blue economy presents opportunities for new forms of capitalist accumulation and this has resulted in struggles over who can accumulate in the marine sphere. This article therefore analyses the emerging and competing claims to sovereignty over this "new" resource frontier, including by state and non-state actors, and identifies which actors have been included or excluded from the blue economy agenda. In discussing sovereignty over this frontier and resources therein, it undertakes a rigorous analysis of the complications created by the ocean as a three-dimensional, voluminous, "borderless" space.</p><p><strong>Key Words: </strong>Namibia, seabed mining, sovereignty, frontier, blue economy, EEZ</p>

scholarly journals The US-ROK Alliance: the Feasibility of the Continuing US Military Presence in the Republic of Korea

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Jeongmin Park
Keyword(s):  
Trade Agreement ◽  
Us Military ◽  
Military Presence ◽  
The Us ◽  
Differences Of Opinion ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Alliance Partners ◽  
The U.S

<p>The U.S. – ROK alliance is currently on a high after a decade of fluctuating relations. Both the Obama and Lee administrations have been focused on producing a future plan that takes both nations strategic interests into account while also considering the changing dynamics in the region. The alliance partners have had to overcome differences of opinion on foreign policy, the rise of anti-Americanism in South Korea, the emergence of China as a power in the region, and the continuing nuclear ambitions and instability in North Korea. This paper discusses how the realignment of the force command structure and a unified long-term strategic plan, has effectively modified the USFK to better deal with these wide ranging issues and remain a force of strategic relevance now and in the future of Asia. The USFK therefore remains an important part of the U.S. – ROK alliance that has positive security implications for both the Korean Peninsula and its surrounding region. It has also become the catalyst for stronger all-round relations between the long-time allies, which lead to positive flow-on effects in economic matters such as the U.S. – ROK Free-Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA).</p>

scholarly journals Preface

2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. v-ix ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexei Elfimov ◽  
Ullrich Kockel
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
The United States ◽  
The State ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
The Relationship

As the new century unfolds, it becomes increasingly clear that contexts in which anthropology is practised as an established discipline, scholarly enterprise, applied endeavour, profession and intellectual pursuit keep changing, altering and transforming. The general aim in putting together this collection of essays was to test the state and condition of the relationship between anthropology and society in a number of countries where anthropological discourses and ethnographic activity have had a tangible presence in academia and beyond. Adopting a comparative approach – anthropology’s long-term companion – that we hoped would once again allow us to highlight where things have developed differently and where they seemed the same (or indeed were only equally illusorily), we asked leading practitioners from Austria, Brazil, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Russia, South Africa and the United States to ponder the same, rather broadly posed, set of questions.

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