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Bush's Middle East vision / Gordon, Philip H

2003

Gordon, Philip H	Article
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Publication	2003.
Description	p155-166
Summary/Abstract	At the heart of the Bush administration's approach to the Middle East is the determination to use America's unprecedented power to reshape the Middle East by supporting America's friends in the region, opposing its enemies and seeking to promote democracy and freedom. This means using force to overthrow the dictatorship in Iraq, promoting gradual political reform among the moderate Arab regimes and standing by Israel until the Palestinians understand that they will get nowhere with violence. Whether or not one thinks that it makes any sense – and there are plenty of reasons to believe that Bush's assumptions are misguided and that the approach will fail – it is important to understand and take seriously the new thinking in Washington.

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United states-international relations-Middle east ; Middle East-international relations-United states ; United States strategy

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ID: 073082

Fire again? Iraq, Iran, and the Gulf / Cooley, John K

Cooley, John K	Journal Article
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2006.

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Nuclear ; Violence ; Iran ; Iraq ; Gulf ; United States strategy

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ID: 023640

Force, pre-emption and legitimacy / Slocombe, Walter B

2003

Slocombe, Walter B	Article
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Publication	2003.
Description	p117-130
Summary/Abstract	Current debates on military force focus on the interrelated questions of pre-emption and unilateralism. While the US rightly reserves the prerogative to make its own ultimate decisions on the use of force, it will be frequently necessary, invariably helpful and almost always possible, to secure broad international support. That support need not always be in the form of a UN Security Council resolution. As for pre-emption, the realities of WMD are such that the meaningful right to self-defence does not require absorbing a first blow. Indeed, even at early stages of WMD development, the problem with pre-emption is not legality, but operational difficulty.

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Diplomacy ; Use of Military-United States ; United States strategy ; Use of Force

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ID: 071447

Slogan or strategy? / Ullman, Harlan

Ullman, Harlan	Journal Article
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2006.

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United States strategy ; Operation Iraqi Freedom ; Shock and Awe

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ID: 120158

United States strategy in the Indian Ocean region: offshore balancing revisited / Biswas, Niloy Ranjan

Biswas, Niloy Ranjan	Journal Article
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2012.

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Terrorism ; Piracy ; United States ; Afghanistan ; South Asia ; United States strategy ;
Indian Ocean Region ; Crime - Terrorism Nexus ; Cross - Border Trafficking

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