Astghik Hayrapetyan
vol. IX(1)
Pages 68-86
Abstract: US dominance in the post-Cold War world order was
disrupted by the 9/11 terrorist attacks. This laid the groundwork for
revising US Middle East policy mechanisms, tools, and emphases
in terms of regional implementation, based on the politicalideological
beliefs and approaches of neoconservatives. The
unilateral and practically contradictory policy of "The Vulcans",
proponents of imperialist and "pro-Likudnik" tendencies that
embraced a global “war on terror” and promotion of democracy
through hard power, failed in post-war Iraq's reconstruction period
and was severely criticized. However, despite all this, the
principles of neoconservatism remain viable as an expression of
"American exceptionalism", manifesting itself predominantly in
the Middle East.
Keywords: neoconservative, USA, Middle East, Iraq, promotion of
democracy, Wilsonianism, rogue state, al-Qaeda, terrorism, "the
Vulcans", interventionism.
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