MASTER'S THESIS INFORMATION
1. Student's full name: LE HONG VAN; 2. Gender: Female
3. Date of birth: August 9, 1990
4. Place of birth: Hanoi
5. Decision on recognition of students No. 2797/QD-XHNV-SDH dated December 28, 2012 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
6. Changes in the training process:
(record the forms of change and the corresponding time)
7. Thesis topic: The change in the "neutrality" policy of some European countries after the Cold War.
8. Major: International Relations; Code: 60310206.
9. Scientific advisor: Dr. Bui Hong Hanh, Faculty of International Studies, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
(Clearly state scientific title, academic degree, full name and working organization)
10. Summary of thesis results:
The thesis has researched and clarified 3 contents: Theoretical and practical basis of neutral foreign policy; the process of forming neutral foreign policy of European countries and the change in neutral policy after the Cold War. The results of this research have clarified the factors affecting and the change in foreign policy of some European countries in the post-Cold War period.
Based on the theoretical framework of international relations and issues of neutral foreign policy. The thesis has pointed out three important factors: geopolitical position, international recognition and domestic consensus, which contribute significantly to the success of a neutral policy. At the same time, research shows that this is a policy mainly applied in small and medium-sized countries.
The end of the Cold War marked a significant change in the world order. The bipolar world order collapsed, alliances and alliances increased, and neutral countries could not stand outside that trend. The accession created difficulties and contradictions in explaining and maintaining neutrality, but neutral countries skillfully sought to adjust and persuade the great powers so that their policies would be accepted by the majority in the organization.
In addition, in essence, the adjustment in the policies of these neutral countries in the post-Cold War period has made the current neutrality policy only positive neutrality and military neutrality. The evidence is that these neutral countries avoid making clear and full commitments to military alliances such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). At the same time, neutral countries focus on economic development as well as strengthening their defense capabilities to ensure continued neutrality against external pressures.
11. Practical application:
All the research results of the thesis can be applied in practice right now. The results obtained help to strengthen the construction of databases and research information on foreign policies of countries in general. More specifically, neutrality policies and some specific European countries. The thesis is also a document synthesizing information, providing assessments and comments on measures to adjust foreign policies. In addition, the conclusions of the thesis are synthesized, analyzed and evaluated from reliable historical events, throughout a long period of time, so the thesis will also contribute to promoting the development of the relationship between Vietnam - EU, Vietnam with each European country.
12. Further research directions:
Based on the research results from the thesis, the research direction of this topic can be expanded to analyze the neutral foreign policy in general in terms of the theoretical and practical basis of international relations theories. In addition, the topic can be expanded to other neutral countries in the European region, or other regions. Last but not least, because the thesis has a relatively large number of research subjects, it can be summarized relatively comprehensively, but the disadvantage is that it has not gone into detail and thoroughly clarify each country. It has not yet made predictions, assumptions and specific possibilities that may occur in the future of neutral countries. Therefore, further, more in-depth studies on these contents are needed.
13. Published works related to the thesis:
(list projects in chronological order if available)
- Le Hong Van & Dr. Bui Hong Hanh, Sweden's neutral foreign policy from World War I to present, Foreign Affairs Magazine, No. 1+2, 2013.
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name: LE HONG VAN .......................... 2. Sex: Female
3. Date of birth: August 9, 1990................................ 4. Place of birth: Hanoi, Vietnam.
5. Admission decision number: 2797/QD-XHNV-SDH, Dated 28thDecember 2012
6. Changes in academic process: ..........................................................................................
(List the forms of change and corresponding times)
7. Official thesis title:The changes of Neutral European countries after the Cold War
8. Major: International Relations .......................... 9. Code: 60310206 .............................
10. Supervisors: Dr. Bui Hong Hanh. ..........................................................................................
(Full name, academic title and degree)
11. Summary of the findings of the thesis: ..............................................................................
Thesis researched 3 contents: theoretical and practical basis of the neutral policy; the history of neutral European countries l's foreign policy and the changes in policy after the Cold War. All of these clarify the overall of impact factors along with the changes in the foreign policies of some European countries in the post-Cold War period.
Based on the theoretical framework of international relations and the issues of foreign policy neutrality, the thesis has been shown to be three important elements: the geopolitical position, the recognition of international and domestic consensus. These make an important contribution to the success of a neutral policy. At the same time, practical studies show that this policy is applied mainly in the small and medium countries.
The end of the Cold War made a major change in international relations. The international coalition activities are increasing, the neutral countries are not able to stay out of that trend. As a result, there are many questions about the impasses and contradictions in the interpretation and maintaining neutral status. However, the neutral nations have sought to cleverly adjust as well as improve powers to convince their policies to be accepted.
The adjustment of the national policy of neutrality in the Cold War period led to the current neutrality policy being only militarily neutral. They all avoided engaging clearly and fully in the military alliance as the Commonwealth of NATO's North Atlantic. At the same time, the neutral country focuses on economic development as well as strengthening the defense capability to ensure continued neutral state before the external pressure.
The research results of thesis have practical applicability right away. The result enhances database construction, materials research information about the foreign policy of other countries, specifically, a neutral policy and some specific European countries. It also synthesizes information, evaluates and makes comments on the measures to regulate foreign policy. In addition, the conclusions of thesis originate from the actual historical events so it will also contribute to the promotion of the development of the relationship between Vietnam-EU, Vietnam each European country.
Based on the results from research thesis, this issue can be extended the analysis of the neutrality foreign policy within the framework of international relations theory. In addition, the research directions can choose other neutral countries in the European region, or other regions. Last but not least, because a number of neutral countries studied are many, it not only creates a relatively comprehensive, but also not deeply clarifies details, objects of each country. Furthermore, the thesis has not provided projections, assumptions and specific capabilities that may occur in the future of the neutral country. Therefore there should be further research, in-depth about this content.
15. Thesis-related publications: ..........................................................................................
- Hong Van Le & Hong Hanh Bui, (2013), The Sweden's neutral foreign policy from the World War I to now”, Foreign Affairs Magazine.
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