Table Of ContentGlobal Perspectives on US Foreign Policy
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Global Perspectives on
US Foreign Policy
From the Outside In
Edited by
Sally Burt and Daniel A ñ orve A ñ orve
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON US FOREIGN POLICY
Copyright © Sally Burt and Daniel Añorve Añorve, 2013.
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1. United States—Foreign relations. 2. United States—Foreign
relations—21st century. 3. United States—Foreign relations
administration. I. Burt, Sally. II. Añorve, Daniel Añorve, 1975–
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Contents
List of Figures and Tables vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Sally Burt and Daniel Añorve Añorve
Part I US Foreign Policy in Asia
Chapter 1 At the President’s Pleasure: Constraints on Presidential
Development of Foreign Policy in Sino-US Relations 9
Sally Burt
Chapter 2 A Rising China and Obama’s Foreign Policy: Taiwan’s
New Security Dilemma 29
Yu-tai Ts’ai
Chapter 3 Rethinking the Development of US-China Relations 45
Kao Pei-Shan
Part II US Foreign Policy in South America
Chapter 4 Contradictions and Double Standards in the American
“Democratic Mission”: The Case of the United Nations
Convention on the Law of the Sea 63
Daniel A ñ orve A ñ orve
Chapter 5 Foreign Policy from a Comparative Perspective: Argentina,
Brazil, and the United States at the Beginning of the
Twenty-first Century 89
Ignacio Liendo
Part III US Foreign Policy in Africa
Chapter 6 US Foreign Policy and the Quest for Regional Security in
Sub-Saharan Africa 111
Mashood Omotosho
vi ● Contents
Chapter 7 US Foreign Policy toward Sub-Saharan African Countries:
What Challenges Democracy, Security, and Human
Development? 127
Peter Sakwe Masumbe
Chapter 8 US-Africa Relations: In Search of a New Paradigm 143
Idahosa Osaretin
Part IV US Foreign Policy in Europe
Chapter 9 US Influence on International Policy: The Case of Bosnia
and Herzegovina, 1991–1995 157
Alija Kozljak
Chapter 10 US Democracy Promotion in Serbia and Croatia 173
Alessandra Pinna
Conclusion 201
Sally Burt and Daniel Añorve Añorve
Bibliography 205
Notes on Contributors 221
Index 225
Figures and Tables
Figures
2.1 Marriage One 33
2.2 Romantic Triangle 34
2.3 M é nage à trois 35
2.4 Marriage Two 36
10.1 Democracy promotion strategies and actions 176
10.2 Democracy assistance activities based on recipient
domestic actors 178
Tables
3.1 Political processes of complex interdependence: US-China
relations 49
3.2 China’s trade with the United States, 2001–2010 51
3.3 China’s top trade partners in 2010 52
3.4 Top 10 foreign countries visited by US residents for overnight
travel: 1990, 1995, and 2000 53
3.5 US resident travel abroad (2001–2010), historical outbound
visitation 54
4.1 Ratification status of international instruments 74
5.1 Geopolitical and economic data of Brazil and its competitors 91
10.1 USAID democracy assistance programs in Croatia in 1992–1995,
current million US$ 181
10.2 USAID democracy assistance programs in Serbia in 1998–2000,
current million US$ 185
10.3 US assistance to Serbia and Croatia in 2001–2010, million US$ 187
10.4 US assistance by sectors to Serbia in 2001–2010, million US$ 188
10.5 The impact of US democracy assistance on Serbian
democratization, 2000–2010 189
10.6 US assistance by sectors to Croatia in 2000–2010, million US$ 192
10.7 The impact of US democracy assistance on Croatian
democratization, 1999–2010 193
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Acknowledgments
We would like to sincerely thank all those involved with the Institute on
Foreign Relations 2010, and its ongoing facilitators: the University of
Florida and the directors and staff who operated the program, and the
Department of State for allowing us to share this valuable experience. Without the
support, dedication, and passion of these persons and institutions this book would
certainly have never been written. Most of all, we firmly believe that without these
exchange opportunities and forums for discussion and mutual learning, leaders,
academics, and ordinary citizens would be unable to engage in a more frank and
constructive process of reflection that is the only way to overcome the mutual preju-
dices and ignorance of people in the world. Our sincere hope is that others will also
have the opportunity to experience the program first hand, as we did, in order to
further this mission. This book stands as a testament to the success of the program,
as it is the outcome of ongoing relationships between international relations scholars
all across the globe who, were it not for having met at the Institute on US Foreign
Relations, in Gainesville, Florida in 2010, would not be in contact. As a group, we
are all committed to building greater understanding between the scholars of the
world in order to provide a brighter future for international relations and develop a
deeper and broader understanding of global perspectives of US foreign policy.
Each of the participants benefited from learning about other countries’ percep-
tions of the United States, which they were perhaps unfamiliar with prior to arriving
in Florida. We hope that this book will be read with the same spirit of enlightened
inquiry and hope for insight from others’ experiences, perceptions, and understand-
ing. We encourage the reader to honor the example that the institute that inspired
this book offered: the possibility of frankly, and leaving nationalistic feelings aside,
reading and reflecting on the concerns, challenges, and possibilities that each chap-
ter poses.
