A Kirkpatrick-doktrína
The Kirkpatrick Doctrine
Author(s): Barnabás VajdaSubject(s): History, Recent History (1900 till today), Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Pedagogická fakulta Univerzity J. Selyeho
Keywords: Jeane J. Kirkpatrick; US foreign policy; Cold War; Ronald Reagan; national interest; third world; international relations
Summary/Abstract: Present study analyses Jeane J. Kirkpatrick’s essay Dictatorship & Double Standards. The 1979 publication of this essay stirred up a heated debate on the necessary strategic goals of the foreign policy of the United States of America. In the key thought of her essay the author, who among others served as US Ambassador to the United Nations, recommends that the US should support any autocratic regime against apparently moderate Marxist revolutionary regimes such as in Iran or Nicaragua. Since Kirkpatrick’s thoughts have proven more actual than ever, present study focuses on the review of Kirkpatrick’s argumentation. Taking into consideration contemporaryand more recent historical events, several trends and forces that have been shaping international politics are scrutinized.
Journal: Eruditio - Educatio
- Issue Year: 15/2020
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 32-39
- Page Count: 8
- Language: Hungarian