1. Understanding the Bush Doctrine: Preventive Wars and Regime Change.
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Jervis, Robert
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PREEMPTIVE attack (Military science) , *REGIME change , *21ST century international relations , *DEMOCRACY , *PRESIDENTS of the United States , *SEPTEMBER 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 , *TWENTY-first century , *ATTITUDE (Psychology) , *POLITICAL attitudes , *HISTORY of liberalism ,FOREIGN relations of the United States in the 21st century ,IRAQ-United States relations ,MIDDLE East-United States relations - Abstract
The article discusses several aspects of then-U.S. President George W. Bush's twenty-first century foreign policy plan which is known as the Bush Doctrine, and it mentions how the Bush Doctrine deals with international politics, the importance of a state's domestic regime in determining its foreign policy, preventive war strategies, and a willingness to act unilaterally when necessary. Regime change and the September 11, 2001 terror attacks are addressed, along with the efforts to overthrow former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and spread democracy throughout Iraq and the Middle East.
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- 2016
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