The New American Century:
Realism and the Democratic Ideal-
[Updated: September 01, 2010]
The
New World Order: 1991 to 2003
"American
perfectionism combined both views of foreign policy, affirming principles of
Wilsonian idealism, Totalitarianism: The Communist State "The
organizational structure and ideological drive of the communist state define its
totalitarian nature. Totalitarianism: The Islamist [Terrorist] State "Totalitarianism takes on another form in the
Islamic Republic of Iran. The Iranian Revolution set forth Pax Americana: The Next American Peace "The
containment of Jihadism is a framework to win the war
on terror, just as the containment of A Defense of the Allied Invasion of Iraq "American and British leaders viewed the intentions of
Saddam Hussein, in early 2003, on the First Principles in American Global Strategy Neoconservative Foreign Policy Theory- "This
post summarizes ideas relevant to
Gorbachev, eventually assented to the cause of the United States and its Allies
during the 1991 Gulf
War. The United States and Allies stood triumphant over the U.S.S.R., whose
concurrence with the West
signified the victory of democracy in the Cold War. The Soviet Union soon
collapsed; its hold over its
diverse peoples weakened by reforms. Taliban Islamists took control of
Afghanistan, a former Soviet
satellite. Throughout the 1990s, Al-Qaida, another Islamist group, promoted
terrorism to force the creation
of a worldwide Caliphate, ultimately destroying the New York City Twin Towers
in 2001. The United States,
convinced Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, invaded Iraq in
2003. At the
beginning of the century, Ba'athism and Islamism,
alongside moribund communist regimes, defined
the threats to the hard-won American Peace.
while also containing expansionist movements..."
State bureaucracies promote Leninist revolutionary
ideology, which seeks to 'free' subjects from
self-interest mentalities..."
a new social model
for the Islamist state in its 1979 Constitution: 'The mission of the Constitution..."
communism proved a framework to win the
Cold War..."
basis of his previous aggressions and
resistance to disarmament provisions dictated to him at the
end of the First Gulf
War..."
America's leadership role in the world..."