Security Diplomacy: Beyond Defense
| dc.contributor.advisor | Stout, Mark | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Kron, Nicholas | en_US |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | O'Byrne, Sarah | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-09-16T04:09:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-09-16T04:09:52Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2015-05 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-08-14 | en_US |
| dc.date.submitted | May 2015 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Globalization, the Information Age, and the fall of the Soviet Union has changed the political landscape of the world. In order to prosper, governments increasingly must work with other nation-states on diplomatic issues ranging from the economy to defense to trans-national criminal activity. In this thesis, I examine whether the United States (U.S.) can use a tailored approach to security diplomacy, which acknowledges historic grievances in order to solidify or increase its influence with nations vis-à-vis historic rivals. For this thesis, I concentrate on the security aspect of diplomacy, and although there is a plethora of literature on defense diplomacy, I’m approaching the topic from a new angle, which argues that the defense diplomacy of the Cold War era is not sufficient for modern day diplomacy. The United States must reshape defense diplomacy into an allencompassing effort known as security diplomacy. Security diplomacy is comprised of defense, rule-of-law, human rights, and humanitarian crisis response initiatives that are packaged to meet the specific needs of its partners. Using a qualitative approach, I examine the various aspects of security diplomacy utilized by the United States, and its rivals, to determine its effectiveness in gaining political capital/influence with Allies and partners. Chapter 1 – Latin America and Chapter 2 – Africa, seeks to determine whether the United States can effectively use security diplomacy in regions that experienced colonization as well as government intervention through the use of military force, within the past 100 years. For Chapter 3, I shift my attention to Eastern Europe, and seek to answer the same question with the difference being the Cold War rivalries, rather than colonization or military intervention being in the psyche of Allies and partners. In Chapter 1 and 2, I examined the United States and its rival’s use of security diplomacy with Latin America and Sub – Saharan Africa. Despite a history of military and political interventionism, the United States has been successful in improving its influence throughout these two regions thru security diplomacy; however, mistrust of the United States has led some countries, such as Venezuela, to seek alternative security partnerships with countries such as Russia, China, and Iran. Chapter 3 examined the U.S. use of security diplomacy with former Warsaw Pact members. This chapter is especially relevant today, as Russia has re-emerged as a regional challenger to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the United States. In this chapter, I identified ways and means for the United States to improve its political influence regionally through bi-lateral security cooperation. In conclusion, I argue the United States can strengthen its influence using a tailored approach to security diplomacy that addresses its partner’s security requirements, while keeping in mind past grievances. Thesis Advisors: Chapter 1 – Sarah O’Byrne; Chapter 2 – Sarah Clark; Chapter 3 – Leila Austin | en_US |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://jhir.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/38039 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Johns Hopkins University | |
| dc.subject | Security & Defense Diplomacy | en_US |
| dc.title | Security Diplomacy: Beyond Defense | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.type.material | text | en_US |
| thesis.degree.department | Global Security Studies | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Global Security Studies | en_US |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Johns Hopkins University | en_US |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Advanced Academic Programs | en_US |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en_US |
| thesis.degree.name | M.A. | en_US |
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