POL-UA 540 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: R. James Woolsey Jr., Islamic Democracy
22 Sep 2016
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Kuwait, uae, libia, qatar, bahrain: large population - oil exporting - industrial base . Need to create jobs for their citizens: small population tied to international economy . Rely on exporting: newly industrialized . Often send workers abroad who send money back into the country. Woolsey and ww iv: james woolsey is a formed cia head in the early 2000s, defines the cold war as wwiii. This ww iv is a continuation of that fight for liberal capitalism and freedom. This makes is a war of necessity not choice. Liberty v tyranny: sees the middle east (me) as exceptional because it"s never had democratic attitudes and values. Not a war with islam, but fighting for democracy. A century long fight that began with ww i. The us needs to demonstrate that they"re on the side of me citizens. Political attitudes: support for democracy is overwhelmingly high across the me region.
