Short Paper comparing the impact of WW I on the international relations of the Middle East to that of the Cold war
During the administration of George H.W. Bush with the collapse of the Soviet Union a “New World Order” was proclaimed. I would put forth that there have been at least three major world orders: after World War I which was marked by increased colonialism. Major world order two, after World War Two and the rise of the super powers, third world order which we are in now- the collapse of the Soviet Union and the rise of an American uni-polarity. This paper will take a brief over view comparing the first two world orders and how they affected the Middle East.
The First New World Order
The fall of the Ottoman Empire
At the start of …show more content…
: The relatively unscathed United States which did suffer a surprise attack that led to its entry into the war and The USSR which bore the brunt of Germanys eastward offensive and suffered the loss of over 20 million people It was this competition between Democracy and Communism that divided not only the Middle East but the world as well (the division was along the spheres of influence of the superpowers; those states that are firmly in sphere or another, those states leaning to one sphere or another or both depending circumstances and those states that are truly non-aligned). While it can be said that the period after WWI was multi-polar, the nations involved France Great Britain Germany and Russia did not have the economic, political or military clout that would become the sole domain of the United States and the Soviet …show more content…
One of the consequences of this rise had to with militarization of each superpowers client state(s) and those that were considered by either Washington or Moscow to be of strategic importance. Within the state actor there was sectarianism however, at this point this action was not considered a threat to the state and would not become so until after the US invasion of Iraq (it would be under sectarianism that concepts such as human rights and freedom that was put forth by Secty. of State Condi Rice under the paradigm of a new Middle
During the administration of George H.W. Bush with the collapse of the Soviet Union a “New World Order” was proclaimed. I would put forth that there have been at least three major world orders: after World War I which was marked by increased colonialism. Major world order two, after World War Two and the rise of the super powers, third world order which we are in now- the collapse of the Soviet Union and the rise of an American uni-polarity. This paper will take a brief over view comparing the first two world orders and how they affected the Middle East.
The First New World Order
The fall of the Ottoman Empire
At the start of …show more content…
: The relatively unscathed United States which did suffer a surprise attack that led to its entry into the war and The USSR which bore the brunt of Germanys eastward offensive and suffered the loss of over 20 million people It was this competition between Democracy and Communism that divided not only the Middle East but the world as well (the division was along the spheres of influence of the superpowers; those states that are firmly in sphere or another, those states leaning to one sphere or another or both depending circumstances and those states that are truly non-aligned). While it can be said that the period after WWI was multi-polar, the nations involved France Great Britain Germany and Russia did not have the economic, political or military clout that would become the sole domain of the United States and the Soviet …show more content…
One of the consequences of this rise had to with militarization of each superpowers client state(s) and those that were considered by either Washington or Moscow to be of strategic importance. Within the state actor there was sectarianism however, at this point this action was not considered a threat to the state and would not become so until after the US invasion of Iraq (it would be under sectarianism that concepts such as human rights and freedom that was put forth by Secty. of State Condi Rice under the paradigm of a new Middle