To what extent has U.S. foreign policy contributed to an increase in religious inspired terrorism since 1945?
<p class="first" id="d191316e67">This paper will analyze the role that U.S. Foreign Policy has had on increasing religious inspired terrorism since 1945. Justifications for the War on Terror after 9/11 were for freedom, democracy, and the eradication...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pluto Journals
2019-11-01
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| Series: | Journal of Global Faultlines |
| Online Access: | https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169/jglobfaul.6.2.0186 |
| Summary: | <p class="first" id="d191316e67">This paper will analyze the role that U.S. Foreign Policy has had on increasing religious
inspired terrorism since 1945. Justifications for the War on Terror after 9/11 were
for freedom, democracy, and the eradication of terrorism, yet the interventions that
have taken place both in the 20th and 21st centuries have neither spread democracy
nor freedom and have even increased terrorism, especially in the Middle East and also
internationally. The role that each presidential administration after World War II
has played in increasing U.S. power and influence in the Middle East has further increased
security threats both towards those in the region and Western states. The significant
shift in policy after the attacks of 11 September 2001 allowed for the securitization
of religious terrorism and a state of exception in which the United States has broken
international law and violated human rights through extraordinary measures. The use
of drones, in particular by the Obama administration has allowed the War on Terror
to move into the shadows from the overt military interventions of George W. Bush in
Afghanistan and Iraq, whilst still having a devastating effect on civilians and the
stability of the states it targets. The human rights abuses of the United States both
in the Middle East and in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base question the legitimacy of the
invasions and aims of the democratic state by breaking the rule of law and have also
contributed to the increase in religious inspired terrorism.
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| ISSN: | 2397-7825 2054-2089 |