United States and the Middle East after the Cold War

Yusuf Ibrahim Gamawa

doi:10.46281/amfbr.v3i1.135

Abstract

The United States emerged as the most powerful country after World War II and as such found itself in an influential position to be involved in the future and destinies of many countries across the globe. The U.S. played a major role in the post War economic reconstruction in Europe and rendered assistance to many European states. American power at this time was seen to have extended to other parts of the globe, including the Middle East, which has been a region of interest to outside powers. This short paper tries to look at U.S. ambitions in the region and how far the U.S. has gone in achieving these ambitions. The paper argues that U.S. policies in the Middle East were in the long run, a failure, despite whatever successes achieved, following certain developments in the region, beginning with the 1979 revolution in Iran.

Highlights

The system of World Order was established after World War I
The United states at the beginning was skeptical about supporting a Jewish state in the Middle East, and that time considered supporting such a venture as futile, and tended to see Israel as more of a political liability, Kermit Roosevelt was quoted in a famous article carried in the Middle East Journal as saying “All Americans with Diplomatic, education, missionary, or business experience in the Middle East protest fervently protest that support of political Zionism is directly contrary to our national interests, as well as to common justice” [Hudson, 1996]
Vol 3, No 1; 2018 especially during the Cold War days, was to make American policy in the region appear difficult to succeed, the support for the Jewish state was constantly be exploited by the Soviets, who were interested in the oil resources in the region, and naturally became the rivals of the United States, and pursued a policy of promoting Arab nationalism and support for the Palestinian, which is diametrically opposed to the American stand in the region

Summary

Introduction

The system of World Order was established after World War I. Vol 3, No 1; 2018 especially during the Cold War days, was to make American policy in the region appear difficult to succeed, the support for the Jewish state was constantly be exploited by the Soviets, who were interested in the oil resources in the region, and naturally became the rivals of the United States, and pursued a policy of promoting Arab nationalism and support for the Palestinian, which is diametrically opposed to the American stand in the region.

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