POLI 341 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Arab Spring, Al-Qaeda, Palestinian National Security Forces
20 Sep 2013
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1980s- turbulent time, heart of lebanon civil war; iran-iraq interstate war. End of cold war: us sole superpower in contrast with balance with soviet. Persian gulf war 1990-91; short but changed regional dynamics; first time. Arab state came together against another arab state; shift in conflict dynamics; established new role of us. Iraq had a lot of debt and requested saudi arabia and kuwait to forgive their kept; Slump and oil crises in iraq since kuwait was over producing so added to economic crises. Territorial claim- historically iraw claimed kuwait as part of its own territory; said kuwait should be just part of iraq also due to access to gulf. Disagreement with us intervention and if they should intervene; us"s economic best interest; stability of persian-gulf region; invasion of sovereign state; automatic legitimacy from un perspective. Attempts at diplomacy- arab league tries to pass resolution but it has to be unanimous to pass.
