Sovereignty And Non Interference During The Cold War

Independence of the United States in 1776 to present day, the United States was and is the face of democracy. The United States takes pride in doing everything possible in order to maintain its democracy, but at times uses this facade to justify the looting of resources, such as oil. The international role of the United States should be to help (not force) countries maintain democracy by aiding democratic leaders rather than ignoring oppressive rulers, but should not use the guardian of democracy title to bad use which in turn stuns economic growth for other countries. The United States takes pride in its guardian of democracy role throughout history. The underlying reason for this role is primarily the spread of communism to weaker countries by corrupt and

At this point in time, the main actors in the international system are nation-states seeking an agenda of their own based on personal gain and national interest. Significantly, the most important actor is the United States, a liberal international economy, appointed its power after the interwar period becoming the dominant economy and in turn attained the position of hegemonic stability in the international system. The reason why the United States is dominating is imbedded in their intrinsic desire to continuously strive for their own national interest both political and economic. Further, there are other nature of actors that are not just nation-states, including non-states or transnational,

From 1877 to the current year of 2015, America has transformed from a country ravaged by internal conflict into a global superpower. Many key moments in history come into play to highlight the rise of America’s power. The Industrial Revolution began the steady rise of America. Through major substantial events, such as: the Spanish-American War, World War I, the Cold War, and the introduction of a New World Order, America made a remarkable surge towards becoming the global superpower that it is today.

supremacy is not about the military or economy. It started to decline since people unconstrained when they do something they did not do in the past, such as the torture. Nevertheless, the United States is still the only superpower in the world. The release of the report supports this.

After a long, exhausting, painful war for independence from Great Britain, the United States became its own nation, a nation of choice and rights, a nation of voice and strong opinion, a nation with freedom handed to humans by God. The birth of this glorious new state brought forth a new era of revolution throughout the world. Countries took America’s victory to heart, overthrowing their monarchial governments and establishing governments run by popular sovereignty. The existence of the United States, perhaps, led to the global fight for self-government.

After the end of the second World War in 1945, there remained only two superpower countries: the United States and the Soviet Union. The vast differences between the two countries sparked hostility and distrust between the nations that had lasted since the Russian Revolution. This period, known as the Cold War, lasted for around 45 years. Although there was not much physical fighting going on, the conflict continued for many years because of a series of misunderstandings regarding the Space Race, the rule of Eastern Europe, and the nuclear arms race.

Emerging as the victors of the Second World War, the Soviet Union and the United States became the most notorious superpowers in modern world history. They dominated the globe economically, politically, and militarily. Although the USSR and the United States worked together to defeat Nazism and Japanese Imperialism in the 1930s and 1940s, they were weary of each other. For example, the USSR employed a communist, government controlled economy, and arguably an authoritarian system of government, meanwhile the United States had a free-market capitalistic democracy. Having two world powers with opposing political and economic systems caused major international complications.

Imagine that New York City just broke out in a massive epidemic, spreading an airborne strand of the deadly virus, Ebola. The first move authorities would make in order to reduce the number of casualties, would most likely be to quarantine the virus and isolate it to a confined area. They would do this, not only so that it doesn’t spread, but also to reduce the overlying fear that is being created by the masses. This is essentially what the U.S. was trying to do with communist ideals during the cold war, they were trying to quarantine the spread of such leftist ideology, and to do so, American leaders often took desperate measures in order to ensure that communism was dissipated and secluded to the Soviet Union. This concept was used throughout history by the American diplomat, George F. Kennan which would be credited as the founder of containment. This foreign policy would be used throughout the entirety of the cold war, but one of the most prominent examples of containment was in the 1960’s where both President Eisenhower and President Kennedy tangoed with Soviet Premier, Nikita Khrushchev. Although on two separate grounds both presidents faced Cuban resistance. Eisenhower had to face the young charismatic Fidel at his finest, and faced the threat of letting Cuba establish a communist regime. Meanwhile, President Kennedy was presented with two major disasters, the bay of pigs invasion, and the Cuban missile crisis.

and internationally. Showing pure dominance over other countries, the U.S. became the Policemen of the World, which is still thriving today. This paper will describe international events involving the U.S. military that can be traced back to a foreign policy created after the Civil War, as well as aspects of U.S. history since 1865 that have led to the U.S. 's rise as a world super power policeman. International incidents since WWII that America has taken on a policing role will also be discussed. Lastly, driving forces that fueled international policy decisions for the events mentioned will be discussed.

Today, the United States (U.S.) is one of the largest world powers on the globe. A world power can be defined as a “country that has significant influence in international affairs.” However, the U.S. has not always been one of the world powers. Between the years 1876 and 1919, the United States slowly evolved into the country we all know and love today due to the reasons of interest in foreign affairs, the Panama Canal, the nation’s geography, and industry.

The question of, “Was America’s actions during the Cold War containment or hegemony?” cannot be easily answered with a single source or perspective. While some attempt to justify the United States’ actions during the Cold War as necessary to preserving freedom and the American way of life through the containment of the Soviet threat, there are just as many critics on the other side of the debate that have argued that, America used the Cold War as a veil under which it expanded it’s influence and power throughout the world. My intent is to show how some believe that America’s Cold War policies were completely justified and how others see America’s actions as nothing more than American imperialism.

Since its birth in the late 18th century, the United States has arguably had one of the greatest global presences in human history. It has left its impact on most, if not all, nations currently in existence. In the past century, the United States has helped develop and manage many different countries around the world. In recent years the goal of this nation building and managing came in response to the spreading of communistic ideals. The United States, being a democratic and capitalistic nation, helped many nations avoid being led by communistic regimes. United States intervention has helped to prevent dictatorships, oppression, and genocide around the globe. Many of these interventions came during a key period of time of communistic ideology

dominating nations, was no longer plausible. Instead, they became merely a safety risk due the conflicting global powers in the Cold War. As a result of European countries gradually declining in their global-impression, the contentment upon decolonization amplified amid a variety of nations.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States was the unquestioned hegemon of the western world acting in a unipolar world. However, recently the United States has fallen into a series of deprival causing its reputation to fall as a state. Despite this, under the Bush Doctrine, the United States currently has a preemptive hegemonic imperative policy. Under this policy, the United States takes into account that the world is a perilous environment in need of a leader to guide and to control the various rebel states unipolarly. Under this policy though, the United States acts alone with no assistance from other states or institutions. Global intuitions that would assist under other types of policies are flagrantly disregarded in this policy in spite of its emphasis on the international level. As well as not participating in international institutions, this policy states that the United States should act entirely in its own wisdom. The UN (the United Nations), GATT (General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade), along with other institutions advice is not heeded within this self-made policy. Though the United States currently acknowledges these global organizations, it no longer takes them into account with severity. Instead of acting under the international system, the United States currently acts through its military, and large economy to instill fear within the various actors in the intercontinental system. According to this philosophy the

This essay will describe the characteristics of the modern nation-state, explain how the United States fits the criteria of and functions as a modern nation-state, discuss the European Union as a transnational entity, analyze how nation-states and transnational entities engage on foreign policy to achieve their interests, and the consequences of this interaction for international politics.