Obama's Dual Discourse on American Exceptionalism
Apstrakt
This paper analyses the highly contested concept of American exceptionalism, as described in the speeches of Barak Obama. The authors of the paper use discourse analysis to show that Obama is using the idea of American exceptionalism on two levels: US foreign policy and the US stance towards international law. Our conclusion is that Obama uses an implicit dual discourse in both these fields. Obama favours active US foreign policy, based on soft power instruments and multilateralism. He insists that American exceptionalism does not mean that the US can exempt itself from the norms of international law, however, he does not think the US should always have a very active foreign policy. He makes room for unilateral acting and the use of hard power instruments in foreign policy. He allows for the use of force even if is not in accordance with the norms of international law, when US national interests are threatened.
Ključne reči:
US foreign policy / Obama / American exceptionalism / international lawIzvor:
Croatian International Relations Review, 2015, 21, 73, 25-56Izdavač:
- De Gruyter Open Ltd, Warsaw
DOI: 10.1515/cirr-2015-0010
ISSN: 1848-5782
WoS: 000409490400002
Scopus: 2-s2.0-84959065827
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FPNTY - JOUR AU - Hrnjaz, Milos AU - Krstić, Milan M. PY - 2015 UR - http://rfpn.fpn.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/496 AB - This paper analyses the highly contested concept of American exceptionalism, as described in the speeches of Barak Obama. The authors of the paper use discourse analysis to show that Obama is using the idea of American exceptionalism on two levels: US foreign policy and the US stance towards international law. Our conclusion is that Obama uses an implicit dual discourse in both these fields. Obama favours active US foreign policy, based on soft power instruments and multilateralism. He insists that American exceptionalism does not mean that the US can exempt itself from the norms of international law, however, he does not think the US should always have a very active foreign policy. He makes room for unilateral acting and the use of hard power instruments in foreign policy. He allows for the use of force even if is not in accordance with the norms of international law, when US national interests are threatened. PB - De Gruyter Open Ltd, Warsaw T2 - Croatian International Relations Review T1 - Obama's Dual Discourse on American Exceptionalism EP - 56 IS - 73 SP - 25 VL - 21 DO - 10.1515/cirr-2015-0010 ER -
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Hrnjaz, M.,& Krstić, M. M.. (2015). Obama's Dual Discourse on American Exceptionalism. in Croatian International Relations Review De Gruyter Open Ltd, Warsaw., 21(73), 25-56. https://doi.org/10.1515/cirr-2015-0010
Hrnjaz M, Krstić MM. Obama's Dual Discourse on American Exceptionalism. in Croatian International Relations Review. 2015;21(73):25-56. doi:10.1515/cirr-2015-0010 .
Hrnjaz, Milos, Krstić, Milan M., "Obama's Dual Discourse on American Exceptionalism" in Croatian International Relations Review, 21, no. 73 (2015):25-56, https://doi.org/10.1515/cirr-2015-0010 . .