Shadow Memorial Diplomacy: The Ronald Reagan Centennial Year in Central and Eastern Europe

Q2 Arts and Humanities

Journal of Nationalism Memory and Language Politics Pub Date : 2019-07-01 DOI:10.2478/JNMLP-2019-0002

G. Tóth

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Abstract

Abstract This article examines the use of the memorialization of Reagan in transatlantic relations – specifically in the commemorations of the Ronald Reagan Centennial Year in 2011 in Central and Eastern Europe. Extrapolating from the case of Hungary, the article argues that because of the contemporary political status of its drivers and its oblique message, the Reagan Centennial’s campaign in Central Europe can be called “shadow” memorial diplomacy, which in 2011 used the former president’s memory to articulate and strengthen a model of U.S. leadership and foreign policy parallel to and ready to replace those of the then Obama administration. This study can serve as an international extension of previous scholarship on the politics of the memory of Ronald Reagan within the United States, as well as a case study of the use of memory in international relations.

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影子纪念外交:罗纳德·里根在中东欧的百年纪念

本文探讨了在跨大西洋关系中对里根的纪念——特别是在2011年中欧和东欧罗纳德·里根百年纪念活动中的使用。从匈牙利的案例推断，文章认为，由于其驱动因素的当代政治地位及其隐晦的信息，里根百年纪念在中欧的竞选活动可以被称为“影子”纪念外交，在2011年利用前总统的记忆来阐明和加强美国领导和外交政策的模式，与当时的奥巴马政府的模式平行，并准备取代那些。这项研究可以作为先前关于美国国内罗纳德·里根记忆的政治研究的国际延伸，也可以作为在国际关系中使用记忆的案例研究。

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Journal of Nationalism Memory and Language Politics Arts and Humanities-History

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期刊介绍： Journal of Nationalism, Memory & Language Politics is a peer-reviewed journal published by De Gruyter on behalf of the Charles University. It is committed to exploring divergent scholarly opinions, research and theories of current international academic experts, and is a forum for discussion and hopes to encourage free-thinking and debate among academics, young researchers and professionals over issues of importance to the politics of identity and memory as well as the political dimensions of language policy in the 20th and 21st centuries. The journal is indexed with and included in Google Scholar, EBSCO, CEEOL and SCOPUS. We encourage research articles that employ qualitative or quantitative methodologies as well as empirical historical analyses regarding, but not limited to, the following issues: -Trends in nationalist development, whether historical or contemporary -Policies regarding national and international institutions of memory as well as investigations into the creation and/or dissemination of cultural memory -The implementation and political repercussions of language policies in various regional and global contexts -The formation, cohesion and perseverance of national or regional identity along with the relationships between minority and majority populations -The role ethnicity plays in nationalism and national identity -How the issue of victimhood contributes to national or regional self-perception -Priority is given to issues pertaining to the 20th and 21st century political developments While our focus is on empirical articles, our scope remains open to exceptional theoretical works (especially if they incorporate empirical research), book reviews and translations.