Political Geography: Iraq / Topic: Foreign Policy

Author:: Roberto Aliboni
Publication Date:: 05-2000
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Istituto Affari Internazionali
Abstract:: In recent years, many (non-American as well as American) analysts have put in question the wisdom and rationale of the US doctrine of the “dual containment” towards Iraq and Iran. Rather than being a strategic doctrine, the “dual containment” is a state of affairs reflecting the fact that the US was left without viable political options in the region by a set of mistakes whose cost it will be able to recover only in a more or less distant time: in particular, the full and blind support to the Shah's regime against any nationalist, liberal and religious groups in the country and the support to Iraq in the war against Iran, which convinced the Iraqi ruling regime of being entitled to exercise in the region a kind of proconsular power and prepared the country politically and militarily to its unfortunate attempt at swallowing Kuwait.
Topic:: Foreign Policy and Diplomacy
Political Geography:: United States, Iraq, America, Iran, Kuwait, and Arab Countries

Author:: Martin Indyk and Leslie H. Gelb
Publication Date:: 04-1999
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Council on Foreign Relations
Abstract:: Dr. Leslie H. Gelb (President, Council on Foreign Relations): Thank you very much, Martin, for that very well formed and important statement, and for giving it here. Let me ask you the first question on Iran-Iraq, and we'll do that for about 15 minutes or so. Do you have to break promptly at two? Why don't we agree that we'll go on to ten past or maybe a quarter past two? Those who have to leave at two, we will understand. Please do so, but we'll continue until about 2:15 p.m.
Topic:: Security, Foreign Policy, and Nuclear Weapons
Political Geography:: Iraq, Iran, and Middle East

Author:: Robert O. Freedman
Publication Date:: 03-1999
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
Abstract:: During U.S. President Bill Clinton's second term in office, the U.S. "dual containment" policy toward Iran and Iraq, which he inherited from the Bush administration and then intensified during his first term, had come close to collapse.
Topic:: International Relations, Security, Foreign Policy, and Politics
Political Geography:: United States, Iraq, Iran, and Middle East

Author:: Oxford Analytica
Publication Date:: 08-1999
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Oxford Analytica
Abstract:: In the past nine months, the United States and the United Kingdom have pursued a low-intensity military campaign against Iraq. Such actions have been made easier by a lack of political scrutiny. However, the US administration in particular now faces mounting criticism from France, China and Russia, who favour a relaxation of policy, and domestic US interest groups favouring a more activist stance. Despite these pressures, US President Bill Clinton is unlikely to change policy significantly in his remaining 18 months of office.
Topic:: International Relations, Foreign Policy, and Government
Political Geography:: Russia, United States, China, Iraq, United Kingdom, Middle East, and France

Publication Date:: 01-1998
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Council on Foreign Relations
Abstract:: The Persian Gulf is one of the few regions whose importance to the United States is obvious. The flow of Gulf oil will continue to be crucial to the economic well–being of the industrialized world for the foreseeable future; developments in the Gulf will have a critical impact on issues ranging from Arab–Israeli relations and religious extremism to terrorism and nuclear nonproliferation. Every president since Richard Nixon has recognized that ensuring Persian Gulf security and stability is a vital U.S. interest.
Topic:: Security and Foreign Policy
Political Geography:: United States, Iraq, Iran, and Middle East

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