Accession Number:

ADA401608

Title:

Venezuela's Changing Foreign Policy Towards the United States: A Holistic Analysis

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis

Corporate Author:

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA

Personal Author(s):

• Turner, Matthew D.

Report Date:

2001-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

123.0

Abstract:

This thesis analyzes the changing relationship between the United States and Venezuela since 1980. In the last five years this relationship has become increasingly strained. The thesis takes a holistic approach and looks at international, domestic, and individual levels of analysis to determine the causal factors in Venezuelas shifting foreign policy. The findings suggest that the new international environment and Venezuelas petroleum reserves create the ability for Venezuela to slow integration with the United States. Domestic factors explain this approach as an attempt to protect different interest groups. At the individual level, President Chavez is a headline grabber but is not a significant source of bilateral tensions. The findings indicate that the new international environment and Venezuelan political and economic culture are the important variables in explaining Venezuelas relationship with the United States.

Descriptors:

• *FOREIGN POLICY
• *INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
• *INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
• UNITED STATES
• ENVIRONMENTS
• THESES
• INTEGRATION
• SHIFTING
• TENSION
• DOMESTIC
• VENEZUELA
• PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
• RESERVES(ENERGY)

Subject Categories:

• Government and Political Science

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE