Assembly line for ideas in US foreign policy and the issue of international relations actors’ trust hereinunder

Author:

Pavlov V.V.1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Institute for International Studies, MGIMO University, Moscow, Russia

Abstract

Modern US foreign policy is aimed at maintaining the world order favorable to Washington by means of military force projection, economic potential and a liberal ideology. A distinctive feature of US foreign policy behavior is the production of new ideas and projects, ranging from ‘The End of History’ to the ‘rules-based order.’ Despite a number of foreign policy setbacks (interventions in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lybia), Washington’s cascade of ideas does not weaken, and US allies and some other actors continue to demonstrate acceptance of new speculative projects. In order to explain this irrational situation, the author employs content analysis of the State of the Union addresses and the US National Security Strategies is conducted to examine the main narratives of the US presidential administrations. This analysis shows that Washington tries to use international ethics to its advantage by formulating narratives that benefit US, as well as to put forward proposals convenient for Washington to replace the norms of international law. Moreover, the author (1) discusses the reasons for such a situation in US foreign policy decision-making; and (2) in order to resolve the issue of acceptance of US ideas, turns to the psychology of international relations. The categories of trust, habit and hypocrisy, according to the author, are able to provide an explanatory framework which closes the gap that appears when attempting to apply rationalist theories.

Publisher

Non Profit Partnership Polis (Political Studies)

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