Graduation Year
Fall 2012
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
International Relations
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© 2012 Chelsea K. Layman
Abstract
The United States prioritizes human rights rhetorically but not in practice. As a result, United States policy is disjointed and conflictual between human rights and security. The result is an inconsistency in foreign policy. There have been examples of this throughout United States history such as in El Salvador, Indonesia, and Bahrain.
This thesis explored the three cases in depth by 1) providing background information and a summary of human rights violations in order to provide context for the analysis, 2) listing and explaining the reasons why the United States prioritized security, and 3) analyzing when human rights are absent and present in policy.
Following the analysis of the case studies the final section sought to provide a recommendation in order to reduce the inconsistencies in United States Foreign Policy. The central recommendation focuses on merging human rights considerations within security driven policies.
Recommended Citation
Layman, Chelsea K., "Conflictual Foreign Policy of the United States: Between Security and Human Rights" (2012). CMC Senior Theses. 537.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/537
