US democracy promotion and energy security after 9/11

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buir.advisorWilliams, Paul Andrew
dc.contributor.authorMukhtar, Ali Reza
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-08T18:14:53Z
dc.date.available2016-01-08T18:14:53Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.departmentDepartment of International Relationsen_US
dc.descriptionAnkara : The Department of International Relations, İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, 2011.en_US
dc.descriptionThesis (Master's) -- Bilkent University, 2011.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references leaves 70-80.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this thesis is to find out whether the US is also genuinely committed to promote democracy in those countries on which the US has oil dependency or does the US energy security interest eclipse its foreign policy principle of democracy promotion abroad after 9/11. The hypothesis of this research is that the US is less interested in promoting democracy in those countries on which the US has higher oil-dependency. Materialist theory of democracy promotion is used to drive this hypothesis. Two statistical methods are employed, i.e. (1) hypothesis testing by using t-test and (2) regression, to estimate the variation of the USAID democracy assistance in those countries on which the US has higher oil dependency compared with those countries on which the US has less or no oil dependency. The findings of this thesis show that the USAID spends, on average, less funding for democracy-related programmes in those countries on which the US has higher oil-dependency and vice versa. These results indicate that, although the US prioritized its democracy promotion after 9/11 in order to tackle the problem of iv terrorism, the US energy security remains the prime concern for which the US compromises on its foreign policy principle of democracy promotion abroad.en_US
dc.description.degreeM.A.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityMukhtar, Ali Rezaen_US
dc.format.extentxi, 92 leavesen_US
dc.identifier.itemidB131108
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/15196
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherBilkent Universityen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectDemocracyen_US
dc.subjectUS Democracy Promotionen_US
dc.subjectDemocracy Assistanceen_US
dc.subjectEnergy Securityen_US
dc.subject.lccE902 .M85 2011en_US
dc.subject.lcshEnergy policy--United States.en_US
dc.subject.lcshNational security--United States.en_US
dc.subject.lcshTerrorism--United States.en_US
dc.subject.lcshWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009--Political aspects--United States.en_US
dc.subject.lcshSeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.en_US
dc.subject.lcshDemocracy--Middle East.en_US
dc.titleUS democracy promotion and energy security after 9/11en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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