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America, Russia, and the Cold War 1945 - 2002: Updated, 9/e
Walter LaFeber, Cornell University

The Post-Cold-War Era: Clinton, Yeltsin, and back to a Bush (1993-)

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Anthony Lake, National Security Advisor to the President, From Containment to Enlargement, 1993

President William J. Clinton: Remarks to the National Townhall Meeting on Trade, November 10, 1998

President William J. Clinton: Remarks on United States Foreign Policy in San Francisco, February 26, 1999



1

In what ways did Anthony Lake's strategy of enlargement represent a departure from the days of anticommunism? In what ways did he remain within the fold of U.S. Cold War policies?
2

In what ways did Clinton imagine that trade would have a democratizing effect? Why did globalization require some regulation?
3

How did the rapid transformation of technology in the 1990s influence the foreign policies of the Clinton administration?
4

Where did Clinton foresee potential challenges and conflicts in the post-Cold War era? How did he suggest that the United States approach those issues?