Do It As Wilson Says: The Wilsonian approach concerning US foreign policy.

By Ellias Aghili Dehnavi, Mobin Karbasi and Anita Safavipour

Generally, four approaches to US foreign policy can be explained. According to the tradition of Jackson-ism, the United States, as the dominant power, provides global leadership to stabilize the political order and regulate the international economic system, and to prevent the emergence of a dominant power in order to maintain the balance of global power. According to the tradition of Hamiltonianism, the United States avoids thorny external obligations that harm its economy, society, and system of government. St. Wilsonian believes that the United States should support foreign freedom by expanding free markets, democracy, human rights, and national autonomy. The present study examines the Wilsonian approach concerning US foreign policy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: tredition
• Release date: Aug 11, 2020
• ISBN: 9783347122277

Ellias Aghili Dehnavi

Born on the 28th of January, 1996 in a family who love art, literature and history. Ellias soon found his taste in literature and especially poetry. He wrote his first limerick when was 12 years old. Later on when he was 14, books like “the peace book by Todd Parr”, “let there be peace on earth: and let it begin with me by Jill Jackson and Sy Miller” , “What does peace feel like? By Vladimir Radunsky “helped him to get familiar with the essence of peace. Reading poems by Calude Mckay , Wendell Berry and Robert Frost in that age inspired him to start writing poems in a more serious way, sonnets of Shakespeare were also good sources of inspiration for him. So when he was 16, Ellias wrote the book called: “International Poems Collection” the book got the first provincial place in the most famous competition of inventions in Iran , “Kharazmi ” and the fifth place in the country competition, yet to be the only project of its kind. This book received confirmations from the University of Isfahan and now is being preserved in the ministry of science and research and technology. Next year, Ellias with the cooperation of two hardworking and creative friends, (Hosein Heidari and Hooman Danesh) wrote another poetry booked called: A Path to Salvation. This book also won Kharazmi awards. His Excellency, Dr. Zarif, wrote a thanks letter for Ellias for the book since it includes some nice and extraordinary elements of literature, humanity, peace and international relations. Other literary academicals project he’s worked on are: “Death of Sarah Black, Explosion of apartheid and the footstep of Apartheid in Vietnam”. Ellias is going to publish another poetry collection named “Peace Poems” in the close future. He’s currently the Director manager of M.O.P academy

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Abstract

Generally, four approaches to US foreign policy can be explained. According to the tradition of Jacksonism, the United States, as the dominant power, provides global leadership to stabilize the political order and regulate the international economic system, and to prevent the emergence of a dominant power in order to maintain the balance of global power. According to the tradition of Hamiltonianism, the United States avoids thorny external obligations that harm its economy, society, and system of government. St. Wilsonism believes that the United States should support foreign freedom by expanding free markets, democracy, human rights, and national autonomy. The present study examines the Wilsonian approach concerning US foreign policy.

The fundamental question that has been raised and examined in this context is what are the foundations of the Wilsonian approach and what impact has it had on US foreign policy? The present study is a descriptive-analytical study using the library research method to investigate the question. The results of the study indicate that Wilsonism seems to reject national interests as a measure of national selfishness to interfere in the world and does not believe in interfering in different parts of the world to achieve national interests. In this school of thought, the goal of war is to rebuild the world based on the American model.

B- Transformation of the world system; Wilsonism does not see the principle of balance of power in the world as a good principle for American foreign policy.

1 .Introduction

There are four traditions in US foreign policy that overlap, reinforce, and sometimes contradict each other in a relationship: the tradition of Hamiltonism, which pursues national interests and economics wisely; The tradition of Jeffersonism, which focuses on the repeated use of force, coercion, and self-help, and another group, which portrays democracy as a shining beacon for others; and finally, Wilsonism, which is idealistic and considers democracy to build a safe world. Each of these traditions has its own unique characteristics; Hamiltonism is cautious, and its realism causes it to ignore moral attractions. Jacksonism is strong and hard, and this isusse will lead to a lack of cooperation with others due to the strong emphasis on power. Thus, it can be said that Hamiltonianism and Jacksonism are inefficient in soft power; while Jeffersonium, on the other hand, has a lot of soft power and not enough hard power. Wilsonism has been able to be largely moderate (largely soft power and little hard power). While Hamiltonianism and Jeffersonism are cautious and conservative in foreign policy, the Wilsonians sought an opportunity to turn it into an international situation.

The focus of the present study is on the Wilsonian approach considering American foreign policy. Woodrow Wilson declared in 1919 that we were setting up this country to free the captives from the hands and feet of human beings, and do not limit this goal to the borders of the United States. Today, however, decision-makers play a key role in the foreign policy process; but it should not be assumed that national goals and interests arise from