After the WWII, U.S. had to change their foreign policy from isolationism to interventionism due to the phase that impoverishment of Europe, rising communism centered from the Soviet Union. Then, we should consider of the fact that how did U.S. intervene to other countries.
This study is starting from Iraq war in 2003 and the state of Egypt in the beginning of 2011 that different reaction of Ame
US invasion of Afghanistan has hegemonic character.
In terms of US hegemony character about the US foreign policy, as US showed their hegemony in Afghanistan war, US showed their hegemony character in Persian Gulf War in 1991 and Iraq War in 2003. Of course Persian Gulf War in 1991 and Iraq War in 2003 had different US hegemony character and extent of US hegemony character. Although these two wa
On August 2, 1990, Iraq invaded and occupied Kuwait
On August 3 the UNSC called for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait
On November 29 the UNSC called for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait by January 15, 1991,
Ṣaddam Hussein refused to withdraw Iraqi forces from Kuwait
On January 16–17, 1991 The Persian Gulf War began
- With the multinational coalition force led by the US air offensive
Iraqi land could be contaminated. Decontaminating just 200 hectares at a US Army proving ground cost $4-5bn.
According to a 'threat paper' on Kuwait produced in secret by the UK Atomic Energy Authority and subsequently leaked, 50 tonnes of DU inhaled could cause up to half a million additional cancer deaths over several decades, a calculation based on International Committee on Radiological Prot
Brinkmanship can be an effective choice in chicken game. That is, if you rush toward the other in drunken, or pull out the handle, you can show you do not have any intention to avoid to the other. In this situation, the other person may think that he is the only person who can decide ‘to avoid’ or ‘to crush’. Thus, the other person will choose to avoid (because it is at least better than