Theories of Strong-weak State Interaction and Dependence: Israeli-american and Cuban-soviet Relations

Abstract

Philosophers, academicians, theologists, and politicians have, since the origins of man and the creation of their disciplines, proposed insights explaining human interaction. At times, these explanations have themselves become the justification, or excuse, for the ways in which men confront themselves and each other. This paper is based on the premise that all humans feel the need to fulfill certain basic desires, among them: the security of the individual, the safety of the family, and the establishment of a social environment in which both can develop. These needs transcend political,economic, :and religious ideology. When groups of individuals interact, these desires are magnified to a societal level-- some call them national aspirations. Economic or physical prosperity and national defence know no philosophy or ideology, when it is realized that such beliefs are only the intellectual means to fulfill more personal, eternal goals.