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Beyond Iraq: The Bush Doctrine |
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Defining the Bush Doctrine
The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are the defining aspects of what has become known as the Bush Doctrine, a foreign policy marked by strategic military preemption and unilateralism, and making no distinction between terrorists and those who harbor them. These neo-conservative tendencies represent a marked change from previous foreign policy doctrines, and have given rise to serious questions about the role of America as the dominant power in a modern, globalized world.
The Bush Doctrine in Practice
The continuing violence in Iraq and widespread anti-American Arab sentiment have left their mark on the Bush Doctrine. The Washington Post reported (June 2004) that the "Bush doctrine could become the biggest casualty of U.S. intervention in Iraq," as "the occupation of Iraq has increasingly undermined, and in some cases discredited, the core tenets of President Bush's foreign policy" (Washington Post: Iraq Ocupation Erodes Bush Doctrine ).
Before the Bush Doctrine
American foreign policy hasn't always been so fearful and so agressive. See below for a brief summary of some of the foreign policy doctrines that came before the Bush Doctrine, summarized from TheFreeDictionary.com.
1947: Truman Doctrine
1957: Eisenhower Doctrine
1969: Nixon Doctrine
1980: Carter Doctrine
1981: Kirkpatrick Doctrine
1985: Reagan Doctrine
1990: Powell Doctrine
1999: Clinton Doctrine
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Keywords: Bush Doctrine, Foreign Policy, Preemption
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