Locating ‘Central Asian Problematic’ in the State of the Union Addresses and the National Security Strategy Documents of the United States of America Since 1991
Journal Title: Saudi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 6
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Abstract:This article applies a ‘natural language processing framework’ and examines the usage of ‘select keywords’ in the annual State of the Union Addresses by the U.S. Presidents and the National Security Strategy (NSS) documents published under their seal by the White House since 1991. It simply counts the usage of the select keywords and demonyms in both the mentioned sources and examines the context/problematic in which they were used – thus attempting to locate Central Asia in the U.S. foreign policy from an ‘alternate perspective’. It is assumed that the institutions and intellectuals of the statecraft produce American ‘national interest’ differently – looking beyond the state-centric geopolitical vision of one’s foreign policy through an ‘alternate perspective’ becomes pertinent. As the identified sources merely give a broader picture in the form of a synopsis and not a detailed account, the article briefly records the ‘popular’ U.S. foreign policy in Central Asia in the very beginning. The study finds out that the U.S. policy for Central Asia, largely, is a subset of the wider American policies practised around the region. The Central Asian problematic is thus determined by “security” of the U.S. national interests in the region which continue and change. Considering the State of the Union addresses and the NSS documents, the article submits that the significance of Central Asia for the U.S. foreign policy is vital yet relatively limited. And in the absence of any concrete Central Asian policy the security-based ‘problematic’ will continue to exist. Keywords: United States, Central Asia, Foreign Policy, State of the Union, National Security Strategy.
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Chandan Awasthi
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