Analisis Keputusan Amerika Serikat dalam Mengeluarkan Kebijakan Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) terhadap Rusia

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Countering America’s Adversaries Trough Sanctions Act (CAATSA) isa United Statesfederallaw passed bythe US Congresson yearbackin 2017.Itaimsto countertheaggression byIran, Russia, andNorthKoreathroughpunitivemeasures.This foreignpolicyisallowingtheUnitedStates government to imposeeconomicsanctionsonnationsiftheytrytofight the US or hurt theirinterests-oranything alongthoselines.  ForRussia, thisactspecificallyaimstoimpose sanctionsoverRussia’sfinancialsectorsuchasoil&gasand alsoon defense&securitysector. Asthesecond-largestarmsexporterintheworld,theauthorattempttouncoveron howthisact brings affectstoRussia’stradeonarmsandwhydoestheUnitedStatesauthorizethiskindof foreignpolicy towardsRussia. Toanalyzetheresearchquestions,theauthoruseNationalInterest ConceptbyDonaldE. Nuechterleinand NeoclassicalRealismbyGideonRosewithnation-state levelofanalysisand NeoclassicalRealismembracestheperspectivethatforeignpolicydecisions aretheoutcome ofmixed interactionbetweendomesticand externaldeterminants