This thesis unpacks the Obama Administration foreign policy strategy towards Iran and the events that led to the Nuclear Deal with the Islamic Republic in 2015. The analysis is carried out through...Show moreThis thesis unpacks the Obama Administration foreign policy strategy towards Iran and the events that led to the Nuclear Deal with the Islamic Republic in 2015. The analysis is carried out through two different levels: the regional and the global one, ultimately arguing that the rise of China in the International Arena together with Obama's strategy towards the Middle East had a fundamental role in the creation of the Nuclear Deal with Iran.Show less
This thesis will discuss whether the way in which American political scientists and International Relations scholars have represented the ‘’rise’’ of China can be seen as being anti-Chinese. The ‘...Show moreThis thesis will discuss whether the way in which American political scientists and International Relations scholars have represented the ‘’rise’’ of China can be seen as being anti-Chinese. The ‘’rise’’ of China has been subject of ongoing discussion with a main focus on China’s move from being a developing country to an increasingly powerful state (Narayanan 647, 654). It led to a heated debate among American political scientists and I.R. scholars, since many perceived China as possible a threat to the stability of the international order and the United States’ power position. Especially realist scholars predicted large conflict between the US and China in the future. However, thereafter other political scientist and I.R. scholars stepped forward to counter these arguments. A different standpoint asks for a different strategy in approaching China, nevertheless no consensus on what foreign policy the US should follow could be reached. The debate on what China would do in the future and what it would mean for the international order is not just one of the past. In fact, it is still going on. The question is whether these debates actually have brought forward some accurate predictions that could be used when designing the foreign policy of the US, or that some theories already have proved to be faulty and therefore can be disregarded. In addition, I will have a look at whether there is a certain ‘’anti-Chineseness’’ present when theorising China’s future and the potential threat the country could become.Show less
