President Bush's Asia-Pacific Strategy: A "Neo-Conservatism" Perspective

• Main Authors: YEH HSIU-CHIH, 葉岫芝
• Other Authors: 邵建民
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/35068390525537991349

碩士 === 中國文化大學 === 美國研究所 === 96 === After the Cold War, in a period of rapid growth for Asia-Pacific economies, several threats to both regional security and U.S. national interests arose. These threats included China’s rapid transformation into a regional power, North Korea’s continuing development of nuclear weapons and unanswered questions over the sovereignty of Taiwan. In response to this newly unpredictable situation the Bush administration adjusted its policies in the Asia-Pacific region with the goal of retaining its predominant role in that region. The Bush administration’s foreign policy was heavily influenced by Neoconservative principles which emphasize a strong military, the safeguarding of American hegemony, and other interests, alongside impeding the rise of any political or military competitors that may potentially challenge U.S. dominance of the Asia-Pacific region. This thesis examines both Neoconservative principles and the “The Bush Doctrine” as factors in the molding of Bush administration foreign policy in the Asia-Pacific region. This thesis concludes that policies utilized by the Bush administration including: the “Friends of the system” tactic; the use of Six-Party talks in response to the North Korean nuclear crisis; the expansion of the US-Japan alliance, and U.S. cooperation with the Japanese in dealing with the Taiwan strait issue all demonstrate the effect of Neoconservative philosophies on the Bush administration’s policies in the region.