Lecture 8 Flashcards

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Saudi Bin Laden Group

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  • founded by Osama’s dad, largest construction contractor in Saudi Arabia
  • headed by Osama’s brother, multi billion dollar country
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The Bush Doctrine, per Robert Jervis

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  1. importance of domestic regime in determining foreign policy
  2. preventative warfare
  3. willingness to act unilaterally when necessary
  4. US must assert primacy to achieve stability
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Neoconservatism in the 1970s

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  • counter culture from the 60s

- strongly advocates for the use of military power to advance US interests, and democracy promotion

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PNAC

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think tank created by neoconservatives, called for the US to use military power to maintain hegemonic state

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2003 Invasion of Iraq

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  • stated reasons for invasion were WMDs, terrorism and human rights concerns
  • the war devastated the country of Iraq
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Aftermath of US War in Iraq

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fragmented society, weak and unstable state with diverse ethnic composition, which made iraq very susceptible to outside influence, leading to the rise of ISIS

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Foreign Lobbies

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foreign countries can lobby during US elections, the true figures of their spending are not known

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8
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Walt and Mearsheimer on Israeli Lobby

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  • US national interests should be the primary objective of US fp
  • Israel may have been a strategic asset during the Cold War, but afterwards became a liability
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