US Foreign Policy Towards Central Europe
After the Middle East Symposium and The Future of the European Union Symposium, editors of the Global Politics journal have decided to launch a Symposium on the Foreign Policy of the United States towards Central Europe. By providing our readers with the opinions of influential scholars from the field, GP aims to stimulate the public debate about the foreign policy of presidents' G. W. Bush, W. J. Clinton and B. H. Obama administrations from the Central Europe´s point of view. Where are the most important differences? What will be the main change during the new B. H. Obama administration? It is our great pleasure to publish the answers of Bradley Thayer, Kim Holmes, Lawrence Korb, Michael Wyganowski, Otmar Höll, Petr Drulák, Wess Mitchell, Elizabeth Zolotukhina and Richard Weitz.
Our authors - scholars from academic institutions and think-tanks in USA and the Czech Republic - have all provided inspiring thoughts based on their experiences and expertise. We offer you opinions of scholars who are current or former members of respectable institutions and think-tanks like Harvard University, Vienna University, Missouri State University, The Heritage Foundation, Center for European Policy Analysis or the Council on Foreign Relations.
The experts answered following questions:
1) Could you briefly compare the foreign policy legacy of presidents' G. W. Bush and W. J. Clinton administrations from the Central Europe´s point of view? Where is the most important difference?
2) In your opinion, what will be the main difference of the new B. H. Obama administration's foreign policy towards Central Europe in comparison with preceding period?
Authors provided the answers during March 2009.
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