F-16 AS A TOOL IN US FOREIGN POLICY. SKETCHES ABOUT RIMLAND DIPLOMACY
F-16 AS A TOOL IN US FOREIGN POLICY. SKETCHES ABOUT RIMLAND DIPLOMACY
Author(s): Silviu PetreSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Geopolitics
Published by: Regional Department of Defense Resources Management Studies
Keywords: F-16, United States; Romania; Portugal; geoeconomy; rimland; Nicholas Spykman; Karl Polanyi;
Summary/Abstract: United States armed forces are in full process or renewing their paraphernalia in order to cope to a polycentric XXI century environment. As some items are tossed away while other like F-35 promise to keep the edge, older equipment is transformed in bargain chip and tool of foreign policy. Such is the case with the F-16 jet, given to friendly countries to deepen alliances. This paper tries to find patterns of US military diplomacy engaging the writings of Nicholas Spykman and Karl Polanyi.
Journal: Defense Resources Management in the 21st Century
- Issue Year: 11/2016
- Issue No: 11
- Page Range: 220-228
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English
