| ID | 142890 |
| Title Proper | Middle East challenges change, demands on the West remain |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Hunter, Robert E |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Nearly 30 years after I wrote “US Interests and the Use of Force in the Middle East”, these aphorisms are a good starting point for assessing American interests and policies in the Middle East, including approaches to the use of force. I take some quiet pride that what I wrote back then stands up well – for that era. And in terms of analysis of American interests in the region – mutatis mutandis – it also stands up well, as do the precepts for judging policy alternatives. As of today, criteria for US use of force are close to what I perceived them to be in 1986 – though following two major detours, Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Spectator Vol. 50, No.4; Dec 2015: p.113-119 |
| Journal Source | International Spectator Vol : 50 No 4 |
| Key Words | Regional conflict ; Change ; West ; US Interests ; Middle East Challenges ; Demands |