OBAMA DOCTRINE: DID THE REPUBLICAN ALTERNATIVE EXIST?

Authors

  • О. С. Курандо Department of International Relations, Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University; r. 32, French blv, 24/26, Odessa, 65058, Ukraine, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18524/2304-1439.2018.2(31).144312

Keywords:

Obama Doctrine, foreign policy, USA, Republican Party.

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the foreign policy views of representatives of the Republican Party in the period 2008-2016. There were three major tendencies in the Republican Party: anti-interventionist, internationalist and nationalist. All three groups were conservative, but they did not agree with the consequences of the American “Grand strategy” under President Barack Obama. The aim of the article is to study the Republican tactic under Obama and to reveal the features of the intellectual contribution of each of the three main groups as an opposition of the party to a democratic president.

 

Author Biography

О. С. Курандо, Department of International Relations, Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University; r. 32, French blv, 24/26, Odessa, 65058, Ukraine

PhD Researcher (Political Science), Department of International Relations, Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University.

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2018-10-13

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POLITICAL INSTITUTES AND PROCESSES IN INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL CONTEXTS