著者

志田 淳二郎

出版者

中央大学政策文化総合研究所

雑誌

中央大学政策文化総合研究所年報 (ISSN:13442902)

巻号頁・発行日

no.19, pp.89-107, 2015

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The aim of this paper is to analyze President George H. W. Bush's efforts to cope with the dispute over SNF modernization within the Western alliance in 1990.American decisions on the modernized tactical nuclear forces in Europe (i.e., FOTL and TASM), were expected to have brought about the intense debates within the Western alliance. In spite of the complicated circumstance driven by the Cold War's demise, Bush's administration fi nally succeeded in weathering the strained situation within the Western alliance. In this paper, I will investigate how Bush's administration solved the SNF modernization issue within the alliance and took the initiative in leading it in 1990, based upon some primary sources at George Bush Presidential Library and Museum. In this regard, three decisions (cancellations of FOTL and TASM, and announcement of Bush Initiative), will be examined. This paper will clarify that the former two decisions were affected by the "learning" factor of Bush's administration, and the latter one by the "structural" factor of international relations. In conclusion, this study will draw the decision making style of the Bush's administration as the "prudent realist".