The radical geopolitics of US foreign policy: the 2003 Iraq War

Mercille, Julien

doi:10.1007/s10708-008-9253-6

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“…Tras los mismos, el gobierno estadounidense afirmó que existían vínculos entre esta organización y el régi-men de Saddam Hussein, por lo que consideró que su permanencia representaba una amenaza para la seguridad global (Escola de Cultura de Pau, s. f.). Pese a ello, análisis posteriores sostienen que las verdaderas intenciones de la intervención y el derrocamiento del régimen iraquí, responden a lógicas geopolíticas y geoeconómicas (Mercille, 2010), es decir, a la necesidad de la administración estadounidense de reconstruir su credibilidad internacional y de controlar las terceras reservas mundiales de crudo.…”

Section: Mirada Internacionalunclassified

El Modelo De Guerra Afgano Y La Estabilidad Regional: La Estrategia De Intervención Militar Estadounidense en Siria E Irak

Alvarado¹,

Lugo²

2017

Anal. político

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análisis político nº 91, Bogotá, septiembre-diciembre, 2017: págs. 72-95[72] RESUMENLas guerras no convencionales que tienen lugar en Siria e Irak se caracterizan por la participación de una compleja red de actores estatales y no estatales que aplican técnicas asimétricas de lucha en una región profundamente dividida en líneas religiosas y étnicas. Ante este escenario, la administración Obama intervino militarmente en la zona aplicando el modelo de guerra afgano; una estrategia que reemplaza a las tropas convencionales estadounidenses en el terreno por aliados locales que son respaldados por el poder aéreo norteamericano y por las Fuerzas de Operaciones Especiales. A pesar de que existe un consenso en torno a que cada método de guerra posee tanto fortalezas como debilidades, aún prevalece como una cuestión debatible las implicaciones que este modelo puede generar sobre la estabilidad regional.El presente artículo establece las implicaciones que el modelo de guerra afgano implementado por la administración estadounidense en Siria e Irak puede generar sobre la estabilidad regional. Para ello, se caracteriza la situación de conflicto en cada uno de estos países y se analiza la manera en que el modelo ha sido empleado en cada uno de ellos. Se encuentra que a pesar de que a través del modelo de guerra afgano se ha pretendido mantener a las tropas estadounidenses alejadas del teatro de operaciones en Siria e Irak, su puesta en marcha podría traducirse en un progresivo involucramiento militar estadounidense en la zona, en el empoderamiento de otros actores locales cuyas agendas e intereses no necesariamente se ajustan a los de Estados Unidos y, en definitiva, en un detrimento para el ya delicado equilibrio regional.Palabras clave: modelo de guerra afgano, guerra sustituta, estabilidad regional, Siria, Irak. THE AFGHAN WAR MODEL AND REGIONAL STABILITY: THE UNITED STATES' MILITARY INTERVENTION STRATEGY IN SYRIA AND IRAQ ABSTRACTThe unconventional wars taking place in Syria and Iraq are characterized by the involvement of a complex network of state and non-state actors that apply asymmetrical warfare tactics in a region deeply divided along religious and ethnic lines. Given that scenario, the Obama administration intervened militarily in those areas applying the warfare model it used in Afghanistan, a strategy which replaces conventional United States ground forces with local allies supported by United States air power and special operations forces. Although there is consensus that each such type of warfare possesses strengths as well as weaknesses, the implications of the latter mode of warfare on regional stability remain debatable.

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El Modelo De Guerra Afgano Y La Estabilidad Regional: La Estrategia De Intervención Militar Estadounidense en Siria E Irak

Alvarado¹,

Lugo²

2017

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“…The global asymmetry in concentration of resources is one part of the explanation. Internationally, global scarcity can motivate states to use force to secure their access to resources [42,45]. In regions with resource abundance the economic value of the resource and the revenue stream from extracting it, can provide a source of funding for belligerents and thereby impact the onset, duration and intensity of armed conflicts [43].…”

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Energy security matters in the EU Energy Roadmap

Jönsson

Johansson

Månsson

et al. 2015

Energy Strategy Reviews

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“…As energy has an economic value as a commodity and also constitutes a vital input for creating prosperity and wealth, some actors may try to secure vital parts of the energy system or some of its inherent features. [2,5,16,28,29].…”

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“…It is likely that different factors motivated the US to undertake military involvement in the Middle East and their relative importance may have changed over the years [2]. Some factors suggested are the maintenance of free trade and an open oil market [2,16], the demonstration of a hegemonic position [28] and making sure that oil is priced in dollars in order to protect the dollar's supremacy as the world reserve currency [29].…”

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Energy, conflict and war: Towards a conceptual framework

Månsson

2014

Energy Research & Social Science

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It is widely recognised that the presence of some fossil fuels and their transport routes can affect the risk of conflicts. Other parts of the energy system and contextual conditions (social, economic or political factors) also matter for such conflicts, but which and how is not as well researched. This paper develops a framework that links characteristics of energy systems with contextual conditions that if combined increases the risk of conflict. The framework also provides a brief theoretical background as well as examples of previous energy conflicts. Examples of energy system characteristic that can affect the risk of conflicts include geographical concentration of primary resources, the number and diversity of exporters on the international energy market, vulnerability of infrastructure to attacks, vulnerability of users to disruptions and externalities related to interconnections with other systems. Contextual conditions include, among other, the rationale of actors to engage in conflict under various circumstances. The capacity of humans and societies to adapt to change should be analysed together with the characteristics of the energy system that place stress on actors. The framework can serve as a tool to identify 'hotspots' and, develop more robust energy policies and strategies to anticipate and prevent conflicts.

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The radical geopolitics of US foreign policy: the 2003 Iraq War

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El Modelo De Guerra Afgano Y La Estabilidad Regional: La Estrategia De Intervención Militar Estadounidense en Siria E Irak

El Modelo De Guerra Afgano Y La Estabilidad Regional: La Estrategia De Intervención Militar Estadounidense en Siria E Irak

Energy security matters in the EU Energy Roadmap

Energy, conflict and war: Towards a conceptual framework

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