Since the end of the Cold War, American Foreign-policy makers have declared their belief in the importance of multilateralism but, at the same time, they have often demonstrated a desire to act unilaterally .
Critically discuss this statement with specific reference to Bush II administration policy towards Iraq Jan 2001 and decision to intervene in March 2003.
Unilateralism could be considered as any agenda that encourages one-sided action, and America's foreign policy is almost always based as that. An aspect of US foreign political tool is the 'coalition of the willing' which invites others to join them but cannot interfere, only comply with their methods of perpetuation of ideology across the globe, especially the third world. Their method of multilateralism is to use their American allies in fighting an American war, due to the political domination internationally many countries are forced to enter their circle of politics for their national and political stability. The one-sided action plan has led to crisis such as the war in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and Libya. US unilateralism enthusiasts believe that multilateral institutions, such as the UN, is 'morally suspect' because it treats …show more content…
This is definitely not multilateral when the countries are not compromising with the main issue, rather America is giving orders and others can either choose to be with them or be deemed 'as going against them', giving them a enemy-like status. Them being selective of their target country also raises questions for me, with 9/11 Al-Qaeda was the one that claimed responsibility yet they decided to go and kill Saddam. The most likely reason for Saddam's capture and invasion of Iraq,was after the Kuwait invasion relations between Iraq and America turned
Critically discuss this statement with specific reference to Bush II administration policy towards Iraq Jan 2001 and decision to intervene in March 2003.
Unilateralism could be considered as any agenda that encourages one-sided action, and America's foreign policy is almost always based as that. An aspect of US foreign political tool is the 'coalition of the willing' which invites others to join them but cannot interfere, only comply with their methods of perpetuation of ideology across the globe, especially the third world. Their method of multilateralism is to use their American allies in fighting an American war, due to the political domination internationally many countries are forced to enter their circle of politics for their national and political stability. The one-sided action plan has led to crisis such as the war in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and Libya. US unilateralism enthusiasts believe that multilateral institutions, such as the UN, is 'morally suspect' because it treats …show more content…
This is definitely not multilateral when the countries are not compromising with the main issue, rather America is giving orders and others can either choose to be with them or be deemed 'as going against them', giving them a enemy-like status. Them being selective of their target country also raises questions for me, with 9/11 Al-Qaeda was the one that claimed responsibility yet they decided to go and kill Saddam. The most likely reason for Saddam's capture and invasion of Iraq,was after the Kuwait invasion relations between Iraq and America turned