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- Title
APPLYING THE LOYAL OPPOSITION TRADITION TO FOREIGN POLICY: A U.S.-UKRAINE CASE STUDY (PART II).
- Authors
Winters, Isaiah
- Abstract
This two-part research project analyzes U.S. foreign policy during the Ukraine Crisis from the viewpoint of loyalty to democracy. By applying the standards expected of loyal opposition parties to the U.S., the foreign policy approach taken is shown to have been disloyal to Ukraine's fragile democracy, as it contributed to an undemocratic transition of power in the form of a coup d'état. Ultimately, the failure of the U.S. to remain loyal to Ukraine's democratic process (the way a "loyal opposition state" would have) is explained by the Obama administration's liberal imperialist approach to foreign policy, whose first loyalty was to U.S. interests, not Ukrainian political sovereignty.
- Subjects
UNITED States; FOREIGN relations of the United States; DEMOCRACY; UKRAINIAN foreign relations
- Publication
Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Europaea, 2018, Vol 63, Issue 2, p201
- ISSN
1224-8746
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.24193/subbeuropaea.2018.2.12