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CONTAINMENT POLICY [1 record]

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Record 1 2022-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Political Theories and Doctrines
  • Diplomacy
  • War and Peace (International Law)
  • Arms Control
DEF

A general policy adopted in 1947 by the Truman Administration to build "situations of strength" around the globe in order to contain Communist power within its existing boundaries.

OBS

Underlying the containment policy was a belief that, if Soviet expansion could be stopped, communism would collapse of its own internal weaknesses. The policy was first applied in the Truman Doctrine of 1947 in a program of military aid to Greece and Turkey.

OBS

containment: term extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et doctrines politiques
  • Diplomatie
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
  • Contrôle des armements
DEF

Stratégie diplomatique qui vise à circonscrire l'influence d'un adversaire, notamment dans les domaines militaire, diplomatique et idéologique.

CONT

[...] Harry Truman se méfie de Staline. La possession de l'arme nucléaire le convainc qu'il est possible de dresser un barrage contre ses ambitions. L'aide à la Grèce et à la Turquie, le plan Marshall, le pacte atlantique, le réarmement de l'Allemagne occidentale entre autres marquent les étapes de cette politique dite de l'endiguement [...]

OBS

endiguement; refoulement politique : termes tirés du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

OBS

endiguement : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 15 septembre 2020.

Spanish

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