Correlation of identity and interest in foreign policy : implications for Mongolia
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Authors
Dorjjugder, Munkh-Ochir.
Subjects
Foreign policy
Foreign policy factors
Foreign policy equilibrium
Identity, Interest
Small states
Mongolia
Buffer
Russia
China
United States
Globalization
East Asia
Central Asia
Eurasia
Southeast Asia
Northeast Asia
Regionalism
Foreign policy factors
Foreign policy equilibrium
Identity, Interest
Small states
Mongolia
Buffer
Russia
China
United States
Globalization
East Asia
Central Asia
Eurasia
Southeast Asia
Northeast Asia
Regionalism
Advisors
Olsen, Edward A.
Knopf, Jeffrey
Date of Issue
2003-09
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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Since the collapse of the Communist bloc, Mongolia has pursued the independent foreign policy with balanced relations attached to the two great neighbors - Russia and China. Meanwhile, the search for a "third neighbor" (the United States, Japan and/or the collective community of democracies) has been seen as the alternative approach to the existing "neighbor-oriented" policy. The thesis argues that both approaches are not mutually exclusive schools of foreign policy, but rather constitute the common approach that is described within this research as "bufferism." To present an alternative vision of the nation's foreign policy orientation, the thesis covers the major schools of international relations and identifies the two major causes of policy: identity (based on constructivism) and interest (based on realism). As a nation, Mongolia faces the identity trilemma and the security dilemma, without much preference given to any of these options during the last decade. Hence appears the nation's ambiguity in identity, security and economic development. The thesis puts the argument that without prioritizing one option, Mongolia faces the risk of degrading into a failing state isolated from the global affairs. Thus, the reconciliation of its identity and interest, as well as of its aspirations must lead to a rational choice of a Sino-centric East Asian policy dimension over any other.
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National Security Affairs
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x, 150 p. ;
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