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European Destiny, Atlantic Transformations - Portuguese Foreign Policy Under the Second Republic, 1979-1992 (Paperback)
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European Destiny, Atlantic Transformations - Portuguese Foreign Policy Under the Second Republic, 1979-1992 (Paperback)
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With the fall of its centuries-old empire in 1974-1975, Portugal
embarked on a transitional period that reconciled a long tradition
of acting out national interests overseas with the need to
integrate itself into Western Europe. The result has been a
deemphasis on various Atlantic and colonial linkages and the
forging of a new and highly successful European identity within the
framework of the European Community. In European Destiny, Atlantic
Transformations Scott B. MacDonald offers a comprehensive analysis
of Portugal's foreign policy and its highly successful venture in
economic and political transformation.Although Portugal is firm in
its committment to a European destiny, it has not turned its back
on relations with the United States and its former colonies hi
Africa and Asia. MacDonald traces the evolution of U.S.-Portuguese
cooperation along economic, cultural, and military lines and shows
how NATO has played a pivotal role in the process. This was most
recently underscored when the U.S. made extensive use of the Azores
during the Gulf War against Iraq. Likewise, in its ties with the
Lusophone countries formerly under its control - Cape Verde,
Guinea-Bissau, S - o Tom" and Princip" - Portugal has sought to
improve political relations and act as a peacemaker in regional
conflicts such as those in East Timor, Angola, and Mozambique.The
scope of MacDonald's work takes in issues posed to Portugal by new
foreign policy concerns that range from the breakup of the Soviet
Union to the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in North Africa and the
Middle East. He points out that in a world of rapidly shifting
political and economic alignments, Portugal provides a
representative model of a relatively small nation that has
undergone succesful economic reform while deepening its committment
to its new democratic system. As such, the Portuguese model is
instructive for newly emerging democracies of Eastern Europe and
Latin America. European Destiny, Atlantic Transformations is an
important addition to the literature on post-Cold War politics. It
will be read by historians, economists, and foreign policy
specialists.
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