PSY 005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Bush Doctrine, Osama Bin Laden, Eu Three
3 Sep 2020
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The global superpower and the decline in liberal democracy. International history us decline a globalized world p. 605-632. > al-quada: osama bin laden ties with the taliban from afghanistan. > the world"s view of us changed -> the us was seen as the major source of issues. Cutting the logistical and financial links between islamic militants. Because of bush"s black/white vision of us allies and opponents. But: us and nato involvement in afghanistan expanded and drones attacked terrorists targets in pakistan. Economic turndown america + rise of china. + 9-11 -> us saw war on terror" as new cold war. Us was afraid of unfriendly states -> mostly states that might have weapons of mass destruction (wmd) > 2001: us declared it would retreat from the anti-missile treaty to start building nuclear weapons again. > us should take pre-emptive action against potential security threats. > declared iran, iraq, north korea as axis of evil".
