Politik Luar Negeri Amerika Serikat terhadap Rusia Pasca Keluar dari Perjanjian Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Tahun 2019

Abstract

This thesis discusses the foreign policy of the United States towards Russia after leaving the 2019 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) agreement. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces agreement was ratified on June 1, 1988. This agreement regulates the possession of medium-range land-based cruise missile weapons with the range of 500-5500 km between the two superpowers of the Soviet Union and the United States during the cold war era. On August 2, 2019 the US decided to leave this agreement. This decision was taken because the US claimed that Russia had committed a violation related to compliance with this agreement by deploying missiles that were prohibited in this agreement. This study aims to analyze and describe how America's foreign policy towards Russia. As for the research method used is a qualitative research method using literature study techniques. The results of this study explain the foreign policy taken by the United States towards Russia, namely the implementation of American First where this policy is seen from America's own domestic interests. The goal of this strategy is to rebuild the United States' military strength. For international security and stability, Trump wants the United States to expand its military capabilities and fully develop all of its capabilities. This is done so that America can protect and defend the country and its allies from the Russian nuclear threat. Then America implemented policies in the aspect of defense interests by trying to describe the situation of the security dilemma experienced by the United States and finally the foreign policy taken was to increase the US military capability.