US IRAQ: The US Foreign Policy Toward Iraq
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US FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS IRAQ.
The U.S foreign policy determines how the U.S.A conducts its relations with other countries. The US foreign policy towards Iraq has in the 21st century, dangerously strayed off-course. This paper aims to understand how Iraq was and is dictated by Americas selfish interest to create a strategic base in the oil-rich Gulf region, how U.S has tried to develop political structures that try to resolve the dispute risen after the Cold war between Iraq and America between 1958 and 1975. There is historical evidence that there had been hidden costs of empiricism and imperialism about as assistance to invasion in the early 20th century. The super powers [UK and US] imperialistic policies motivate …show more content…
The US has tried exclusively to curb Iraq’s internal insecurity problems by providing and trying to sustain a permanent large-scale presence in the area by repeated deployment of ground military forces to Iraq. This presence has been costly to the US due to maintaining the military and trying to rebuild Iraq’s infrastructure. The ongoing Iraqi power struggles, fragile political institutions and economic weakness are some of the persistent challenges that can undermine US objectives if not managed successfully. America must seize the opportunity to try to establish a long lasting workable partnership with Iraq that establishes and enhances both security and political stability in the …show more content…
Iraq main source of conflict is the competition between the ethnic and sectarian communities for resources and power. The ideal resolution to this conflict is a question as to whether the competition takes place more or less violently and finding a key resolution is paramount to produce a long-term stability in Iraq. This conflict could foster the growth of authoritarianism. It is paramount that the US-Iraq engagement aim to discourage the rebirth and growth of authoritarian rule by helping develop strong political institutions for responsible representative governance. Moreover, the engagement should not only be with the man in charge but with the political institutions and the opposition parties to moderate the perception that violence is the only way to resolve
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US FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS IRAQ.
The U.S foreign policy determines how the U.S.A conducts its relations with other countries. The US foreign policy towards Iraq has in the 21st century, dangerously strayed off-course. This paper aims to understand how Iraq was and is dictated by Americas selfish interest to create a strategic base in the oil-rich Gulf region, how U.S has tried to develop political structures that try to resolve the dispute risen after the Cold war between Iraq and America between 1958 and 1975. There is historical evidence that there had been hidden costs of empiricism and imperialism about as assistance to invasion in the early 20th century. The super powers [UK and US] imperialistic policies motivate …show more content…
The US has tried exclusively to curb Iraq’s internal insecurity problems by providing and trying to sustain a permanent large-scale presence in the area by repeated deployment of ground military forces to Iraq. This presence has been costly to the US due to maintaining the military and trying to rebuild Iraq’s infrastructure. The ongoing Iraqi power struggles, fragile political institutions and economic weakness are some of the persistent challenges that can undermine US objectives if not managed successfully. America must seize the opportunity to try to establish a long lasting workable partnership with Iraq that establishes and enhances both security and political stability in the …show more content…
Iraq main source of conflict is the competition between the ethnic and sectarian communities for resources and power. The ideal resolution to this conflict is a question as to whether the competition takes place more or less violently and finding a key resolution is paramount to produce a long-term stability in Iraq. This conflict could foster the growth of authoritarianism. It is paramount that the US-Iraq engagement aim to discourage the rebirth and growth of authoritarian rule by helping develop strong political institutions for responsible representative governance. Moreover, the engagement should not only be with the man in charge but with the political institutions and the opposition parties to moderate the perception that violence is the only way to resolve