The Subjectivity of Intelligence Analysis and Implications for the U.S. National Security Strategy

2004 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Russell
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Intelligence Analysis ◽  
Security Strategy ◽  
National Security Strategy ◽  
The U.S

scholarly journals Russian Insecurities: How Fear Drives Perception in the Near Abroad

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-32
Author(s):  
Evan Kerrane
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Great Power ◽  
Security Strategy ◽  
State Action ◽  
Western Influence ◽  
National Security Strategy ◽  
Near Abroad ◽  
The U.S

AbstractInterpreting Russian actions in the Near Abroad relies on the perception of Russian intent, but all too often states fail to analyse how Moscow interprets Western objectives. While defensive realist theorists argue that states tend to seek only enough power to survive within the system, the U.S. 2017 National Security Strategy argues Moscow is a revisionist state, seeking a return to great power status. Increasing tensions among the actors in the region gives rise to potential misperception of intent. This article analyses state motivations under a defensive realist paradigm and addresses how Russian actions may emerge from a defensive perspective. Using a defensive realist framework, this article elevates Russian insecurities and fear of Western influence in the Near Abroad as the primary motivator of state action.

The Golden Years of Human Rights?

2020 ◽  
pp. 249-254
Author(s):  
Vanessa Walker
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Cold War ◽  
National Security ◽  
The United States ◽  
Carter Administration ◽  
Security Strategy ◽  
National Security Strategy ◽  
The World ◽  
The U.S

This concluding chapter explains that for Movement advocates, the human rights vision of the 1970s was intimately connected with a reckoning with the U.S. failures of Vietnam, Cold War national security strategy, and, of course, Chile. The Movement and the Carter administration shared a vision of human rights as a way to improve not only the world but also the U.S. government and its policies. This is not to say the Movement's views were universally shared, or that human rights faded away after the 1970s. Rather, human rights continued to serve as an instrument of its time, a powerful idea and language, flexible and indelible. The Carter administration's human rights policy was far from perfect or consistent. It was, however, a uniquely self-reflective policy that restrained U.S. intervention and addressed abuses taking place in areas where the United States was most directly complicit in empowering violators.

scholarly journals How the EU supports the Bush doctrine

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Zyla
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Criminal Court ◽  
International Affairs ◽  
European Security ◽  
Security Strategy ◽  
Bush Doctrine ◽  
National Security Strategy ◽  
The U.S

Soon after the terrorist attacks on September 11th, the Bush administration announced a new national security strategy. Soon thereafter, this strategic document was denounced in European capitals as ‘cowboyesk’ and isolationist. Particular dislike was announced about the strategy of pre-emption in domestic affairs of other states. Under this plan Washington reserved the right to send U.S. soldiers abroad to intervene in countries before they can pose a threat to the United States. In addition, many officials in Europe rejected Washington’s assertion of withdrawing from its membership in the international criminal court, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, and the Kyoto Protocol; it was perceived as a unilateralist foreign policy that rejects America’s responsibility in the world. However, what some analysts and commentators neglect to see is that the Bush doctrine also shows elements of Wilsonianism, a policy named after former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson who stood for promoting democracy, human rights, freedom and effective in international affairs. The European Union published their first security strategy a year after the U.S. published theirs. Interestingly, Brussels advocated similar strategies and concepts to the US strategy. Similarities can be see in both strategies in their messianic approach to create a better world and promote more international oder. This paper argues that despite the unilateralist tone of the current U.S. national security policy, the European strategy and its American counterpart share the same values of how to conduct and what to achieve in international affairs. Consequently, the two strategies can be seen as complementary to each other, not contradictory. The paper will first address the nature of the U.S. national security strategy before analyzing the European security strategy while making reference, in both cases, to the Wilsonian tradition of international affairs.

How the EU supports the Bush doctrine

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Zyla
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Criminal Court ◽  
International Affairs ◽  
European Security ◽  
Security Strategy ◽  
Bush Doctrine ◽  
National Security Strategy ◽  
The U.S

Soon after the terrorist attacks on September 11th, the Bush administration announced a new national security strategy. Soon thereafter, this strategic document was denounced in European capitals as ‘cowboyesk’ and isolationist. Particular dislike was announced about the strategy of pre-emption in domestic affairs of other states. Under this plan Washington reserved the right to send U.S. soldiers abroad to intervene in countries before they can pose a threat to the United States. In addition, many officials in Europe rejected Washington’s assertion of withdrawing from its membership in the international criminal court, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, and the Kyoto Protocol; it was perceived as a unilateralist foreign policy that rejects America’s responsibility in the world. However, what some analysts and commentators neglect to see is that the Bush doctrine also shows elements of Wilsonianism, a policy named after former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson who stood for promoting democracy, human rights, freedom and effective in international affairs. The European Union published their first security strategy a year after the U.S. published theirs. Interestingly, Brussels advocated similar strategies and concepts to the US strategy. Similarities can be see in both strategies in their messianic approach to create a better world and promote more international oder. This paper argues that despite the unilateralist tone of the current U.S. national security policy, the European strategy and its American counterpart share the same values of how to conduct and what to achieve in international affairs. Consequently, the two strategies can be seen as complementary to each other, not contradictory. The paper will first address the nature of the U.S. national security strategy before analyzing the European security strategy while making reference, in both cases, to the Wilsonian tradition of international affairs. Full text available at: https://doi.org/10.22215/rera.v2i2.168

Revitalizing the U.S. National Security Strategy

2015 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 35-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Goldgeier ◽  
Jeremi Suri
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Security Strategy ◽  
National Security Strategy ◽  
The U.S
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