简介:JustasFranceandGermanytookanincreasinglydivergentstandwiththeUnitedStatesovertheIraqissue,onJanuary3rd,2003,eightcountriesincludingBritain,Italy,Spain,Portugal,Denmark,Poland,CzechRepublicandHungarymadeajointstatementintheBritishTimes,appealingtoEuropetoactinconcertwithU.S.overtheissueofusingforceagainstIraq.Thisstatementhaditthatitwas
简介:TheheightoftheU.S.strengthisattheperiodfromPresidentClinton'scomingtopowerin1992tilltheendofthelarge-scalebattlesintheIraqwaronMay1,2003.HowAmerica'snationalfortunewilldevelopdependsonhowAmericawillresolvetheIraqissue,implementitsprogramofreformingMiddleEast,andmaintaininsteadofdamagingitsnationalfundamentalprinciplesathome.
简介:Trump'sMiddleEastpolicycouldbesummarizedas"oneaxisandthreeapproaches."ThemaindriveriscreatinganallianceofIsraelandSaudiArabia,andhisthreeapproachesaretocontainIran,counterterrorism,andlaunchthedealofthecentury.BehindthisMiddleEastpolicyisTrump'saccelerationofglobalcontraction,andareturntotheUSpro-Israeldiplomatictradition,bothinfluencedbyTrumpianstyleandtheJewishpeoplearoundhim.AnyrelianceonanIsrael-SaudiArabiaallianceisinherentlyfragile,thepotentialforIranregimechangeunclear,andTrump'splanneddealwoulddestabilizetheregionandexpandaUS-Europeanrift.ChangingthisdirectionwouldrequiretheUStothinkmoredeeplyaboutMiddleEastlong-termprospectstofindamorebalancedpolicy.
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简介:Overthepastfewyears,theU.S.hasaccelerateditsglobalstrategicshifttotheAsia-PacificregionevenwhileAfghanistanandIraqhavenotyetbeensettled.TheU.S.isworriedaboutitshegemonicaspirationsandthatitsstrategicrelationshipswithitsAsianalliesmightbeerodedifitdoesnotboostitspresenceintheAsia-Pacific.