Publication: La Guerra Fría en el neoconservadurismo estadounidense: una influencia persistente
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2016
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Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales
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El neoconservadurismo es un movimiento y una doctrina que lleva presente más de cuatro décadas en la política de Estados Unidos. Aunque alcanzó su momento cimero durante la presidencia de George W. Bush, es preciso remontarse a sus años de formación y desarrollo para comprender adecuadamente su manera de ver el mundo. En este artículo se analizará cómo la Guerra Fría es clave para entender los orígenes del neoconservadurismo a finales de la década de los sesenta y principios de los setenta, así como su propio desarrollo hasta la caída del Muro de Berlín. De este modo, se procederá a impugnar la idea establecida de que la política internacional y la política exterior estadounidense fueron un tema secundario en la primera época neoconservadora. Pero la Guerra Fría no solo es fundamental para estudiar el pasado del neoconservadurismo sino que sigue siendo sustancial para iluminar el análisis de su presente. En este sentido, el neoconservadurismo de nuestros días ha heredado varias características de entonces, entre ellas una visión del mundo que, en su sustrato básico, permanece arraigada en la lógica de la Guerra Fría
Neoconservatism is a movement and a doctrine that has been present in American politics for more than forty years. Although it had its peak of influence a decade ago, during George W. Bush’s first term, it is necessary to go back to its formative and development years in order to properly comprehend its vision of the world. This article will analyze how the Cold War plays a key role in understanding the origins of neoconservatism in late 60’s and early 70’s, as well as in its evolution up until the fall of the Berlin Wall. Thus, the idea that international politics and US Foreign Policy were a minor issue in the first neoconservative epoch will be contested. However, the Cold War is not only essential for understanding the past of neoconservatism but it is also fundamental to enlighten the study of its present. In this sense, nowadays neoconservatism has inherited several features of that time, among them a world view that remains basically rooted in the Cold War logic.
Neoconservatism is a movement and a doctrine that has been present in American politics for more than forty years. Although it had its peak of influence a decade ago, during George W. Bush’s first term, it is necessary to go back to its formative and development years in order to properly comprehend its vision of the world. This article will analyze how the Cold War plays a key role in understanding the origins of neoconservatism in late 60’s and early 70’s, as well as in its evolution up until the fall of the Berlin Wall. Thus, the idea that international politics and US Foreign Policy were a minor issue in the first neoconservative epoch will be contested. However, the Cold War is not only essential for understanding the past of neoconservatism but it is also fundamental to enlighten the study of its present. In this sense, nowadays neoconservatism has inherited several features of that time, among them a world view that remains basically rooted in the Cold War logic.