Foreign Policies, Revolutions, and Geopolitical Divisions

San-Yi Yang ； Yu-Hsuan Lai

《Tamkang Journal of International Affairs》 25卷1期 (2021/07) Pp. 13-56

https://doi.org/10.6185/TJIA.V.202107_25(1).0002

摘要

The study of foreign policy decision-making seeks to understand how states formulate their foreign policy and enact policy processes. Most of the literature depicts the importance of internal and external factors and tries to delineate this correlation. This study explores the political development of Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan. Both countries have undergone two revolutions but differ considerably in terms of foreign policies. In Ukraine, foreign policies changed following each revolution; by contrast, foreign policies of Kyrgyzstan have remained mostly unchanged. We explain this difference with the following findings: (a) each revolution reflects the splits of geopolitical division. (b) the Ukrainian revolutions were related to polarized senses of identity; by contrast, the Kyrgyz revolutions were pushed by the power struggle among elites. (c) the division of external geopolitical interests is another major factor affecting the outcome of foreign policies.

關鍵字

Foreign Policies ； Revolutions ； Geopolitical Divisions

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