Introduction
The government of the United States used Containment policy which is a geopolitical strategy used for blocking enemy communist country during the cold war. Since the Soviet Union attempted to expand its influences on the Eastern Europe, China, Korea, and Vietnams, the containment is originally a reaction to a series of acts of the Soviet Union. The term “containment” originates from the journal Foreign affairs under the pseudonym “X” which was published in July 1947(George, 1987). A major critic against containment during that period was made by a Republican John Foster Dulles who criticized the containment and called for the Rollback, the strategy of forcing an alteration in a major policy of enemy nation (Tudda, 2005). What is Containment?
Containment is a way to keep something bad from spreading. This term is also used in international relations context as a foreign policy. In July 1947 George F. Kennan coined the term “Containment” …show more content…
20 years have passed since after the cold war ended. It seems that the ideology, political beliefs or ideas that shape a characteristic of the nation, plays less important roles in international society. Moreover, the difference between democracy and communism will not generate further conflict as one can see Vietnam and other nations are working alongside in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. In such international environment, however, there are several occasions which produce seeds of conflict such as territorial disputes, human rights abuses, and developing nuclear weapons and provoking other nations. Some countries still applying containment policy in their problem. For example, in Japan, one can see containment characteristic in its policy against North Korea, which aims to gradual resolution of North Korea’s nuclear and abductee issues (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan,
The government of the United States used Containment policy which is a geopolitical strategy used for blocking enemy communist country during the cold war. Since the Soviet Union attempted to expand its influences on the Eastern Europe, China, Korea, and Vietnams, the containment is originally a reaction to a series of acts of the Soviet Union. The term “containment” originates from the journal Foreign affairs under the pseudonym “X” which was published in July 1947(George, 1987). A major critic against containment during that period was made by a Republican John Foster Dulles who criticized the containment and called for the Rollback, the strategy of forcing an alteration in a major policy of enemy nation (Tudda, 2005). What is Containment?
Containment is a way to keep something bad from spreading. This term is also used in international relations context as a foreign policy. In July 1947 George F. Kennan coined the term “Containment” …show more content…
20 years have passed since after the cold war ended. It seems that the ideology, political beliefs or ideas that shape a characteristic of the nation, plays less important roles in international society. Moreover, the difference between democracy and communism will not generate further conflict as one can see Vietnam and other nations are working alongside in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. In such international environment, however, there are several occasions which produce seeds of conflict such as territorial disputes, human rights abuses, and developing nuclear weapons and provoking other nations. Some countries still applying containment policy in their problem. For example, in Japan, one can see containment characteristic in its policy against North Korea, which aims to gradual resolution of North Korea’s nuclear and abductee issues (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan,