The impact of the religious factor in American strategic thinking

Abstract

This research attempts to study the impact of the religious factor in the American strategic thought through exposure to the relationship of religion in society and how American thought was able to link religion and work in building society and developing the American economy. The new religious doctrine has become the ideological basis of the American nation, And they have a universal mission to spread the American values ​​model, these calls should be seen in their historical context as they are not tied to a specific historical stage, and here lies the danger, as they always put America in a state of challenge and confrontation with others to impose will And its intellectual and cultural dominance over the world as a means of perpetuating American hegemony over the global order, as well as increasing the American military deployment in the world. This perception that ruled American thought in a certain period of time will undoubtedly affect not only the social characterization of the American citizen, And the method of political and strategic thinking, which in turn is reflected on the behavior of US foreign policy in the framework of its relations with the international community, especially after the control of elite clerics and political hardliners on the decision-making positions in the US administration.