USA`s changing middle east policy after september 11/2001

Abstract

ABSTRACT Today the terms called `Near East` and `Middle East` have come to be used interchangeably, but generally the tem Middle East; considered to states consist of the independent countries of Turkey, Iran, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Yemen, Kuwait, and lying along the coast of Arabian Peninsula. And this area, for American policymakers has often been a headache, sometimes a nightmare, and each president has applied his own policy for the Middle East from Truman to Bush. The United States has five fundamental interest in the Middle East; Oil of the region, especially the Arabian peninsula; The survival and security of the state of Israel; Preventing the other powers from dominating the area; Preventing, or at least managing, the spread of WMD and the fulfillment, so far as possible, of certain principles, including the peaceful settlement of international disputes, the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force, and the right of peoples to self-determination. Each one of these interest, taken alone gives the Unites States a vital concern with the future of the unresolved Arab-Israel conflict, they make the Middle East the most important single region in the world from the standpoint of American interest and the most dangerous. This paper aims to investigate United States of America's changing Middle East policy after the attack to Twin Towers, which are World Trade Center, on September 1 1, 200 1 because there are lots of differences between these two US politics against Middle East. This thesis has sought to understand the complex and, at times, bewildering policy of USA on the Middle East, in particular, towards the questions of `What are the purposes of US in the Middle East? What does she want from Middle East? What would US do to reach their targets for Middle East? Did US plan work or did not work for Middle East? What is Israel's role in these politics?` Keywords: Middle East Policy of USA, Politics of US in terms of Middle East, American Foreign Policy After September 11, Middle East Politics of USA following September 11 vm