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Kratki historijski prikaz razvoja američkog vanjskopolitičkog diskursa
Short History of Development of U.S. foreign policy discourse

Author(s): Slaven Kovačević
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Fakultet političkih nauka - Univerzitet u Sarajevu
Keywords: američka vanjska politika; izolacionizam; intervencionizam; američki politički interes; Monroova doktrina; američka hemisfera; nacija; hladni rat

Summary/Abstract: Vanjskopolitičko djelovanje Sjedinjenih Američkih Država razvijalo se kroz historiju na veoma interesantan evolucijski način. Shvaćanje historijskog toka i razvoja SAD-a pomaže nam u lakšem sagledavanju načina i sistema u formiranju američke vanjske politike, koji je bio prilagođen historijskom kontekstu i vremenu u kojem se ona formirala. Prvobitna ideja izolacionizma tokom historije će evoluirati u intervencionizam, iz kojeg će u konačnici proizaći sistem današnjeg američkog vanjskopolitičkog djelovanja. Istovremeno, kreiranje novog pojma “američki politički interes” pomaže nam da lakše dokučimo načine na koje se formira američka vanjska politika i kako ona danas djeluje. Ovaj tekst ima namjeru ponuditi naučno viđenje razvoja američke vanjske politike, bez zamisli da se ona komentira na drugačiji način osim naučnog i bez elemenata prognostike, za kojim će eventualno pojedini čitalac tragati nakon čitanja teksta. Foreign policy activities of the United States of America have developed through its history in a very interesting evolutionary way. Understanding the historical course and development of the United States, assists us in better comprehension of the system dedicated to forming U.S. foreign policy, which was adapted to the context and historical time in which it has been formed. The original idea of isolationism, will evolve through the American history to interventionism, from which it will ultimately come to today’s system of its foreign-political activities. At the same time, creating a new concept of “American political interest“ helps us to better grasp the ways in which American foreign policy has been formed and how it operates today. This text is intended to offer a scientific view of development of U.S. foreign policy, without an idea to comment it in a different way than the scientific and without intention to look into the future, for which possible readers will eventually seek after reading the text.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 5-6
  • Page Range: 447-467
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Bosnian