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
Role as a bottle cap
Restrain factor of Japan’s nuclear armament
Nuclear umbrella & positive security assurance
- Same position related to the regional security issue
Role as a stimulus
- Active participation in the waronterror after 9/11
Demand for amendment to the article 9 (Armitage Report, 2000)
->> Raises a question about the bottle cap role
->> Lead to an arms races
War in 1991, Persian Gulf War in 1991 had a weak US hegemony character. Although Persian Gulf War in 1991 showed relatively a weak US hegemony character, this war is case that US exercise their hegemony because George H. W. Bush wanted to has a great deal of influence on Iraq. He wanted to exercise US influence over the Iraq.
After 9. 11 terror, in Jan. 2002 bush made a axis of evil speech and
An act of violence or threat of violence against individuals or property committed by one or more individuals acting on behalf on an organization for the purpose of influencing government policy or action to advance a political, religious or ideological cause
Different from war or warlike operations
Terrorism is not new, but its magnitude is.
777 different groups caused 19,856 terrorism-rela
War
Use of terror against their own citizens
Weak institutions
Collapsed health system
Basic food shortage, leading to starvation
Basic differences among civilizations
Smaller world
Economic modernization and social change separate people from local identities
The dual role of the west
less mutable, less easily compromised than political and economical ones
Increasing Economi