Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Γεωπολιτική Ανάλυση, Γεωστρατηγική Σύνθεση και Σπουδές Άμυνας και Διεθνούς ΑσφάλειαςLibrary of the Faculties of Political Science and Public Administration, Communication and Mass Media Studies, Turkish and Modern Asian Studies, Sociology
Author:
Kerasovitis Dimitrios
Supervisors info:
Ιωάννης Θ. Μάζης, Ομ. Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Τουρκικών Σπουδών και Σύγχρονων Ασιατικών Σπουδών, ΕΚΠΑ
Ελένη Μίχα, Ε.Δ.Ι.Π., Τμήμα Νομικής ΕΚΠΑ
Μιχαήλ Σαρλής, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Τουρκικών Σπουδών και Σύγχρονων Ασιατικών Σπουδών, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Η προληπτική νόμιμη άμυνα ως γεωπολιτικός παράγων ανακατανομής ισχύος στο γεωγραφικό σύμπλοκο της Μέσης Ανατολής: Η Εθνική Στρατηγική Ασφαλείας των ΗΠΑ υπό τη διακυβέρνηση του George W. Bush.
Translated title:
Preventive Self-Defence as a Geopolitical Power Redistribution Factor in the Middle East: The U.S. National Security Strategy under George W. Bush
Summary:
This thesis aims to construct a geopolitical model that reflects the trends of power redistribution with preventive self-defence as a geopolitical factor, as implemented by the G.W. Bush administration. The research focuses spatially on the Greater Middle East and temporally from the September 11, 2001 attacks to Σε μια τέτοια περίπτωση, 2005.
The September 11, 2001 attacks on U.S. soil were undoubtedly a pivotal event that disrupted global power balances. The emergence of a new "enemy," Islamist terrorism, highlighted the need to reshape security and foreign policy doctrines. The United States adopted a new strategy that included the use of preventive self-defence, where deemed necessary, against states that funded terrorism and developed weapons of mass destruction with the intent to use them against the United States and its allies.
The first U.S. attempt to avert the threat came in 2001 with the operation in Afghanistan, for which it secured the acceptance of all other superpowers. Two years later, in 2003, the invasion of Iraq followed, which is still debated today in terms of its legality, as the UN Security Council did not provide the required authorization. In parallel, the remaining UN Security Council members, except for Great Britain, were not convinced of the legality of preventive self-defense and took a negative stance on this intervention.
Based on this data, an attempt will be made to highlight the arguments for and against preventive self-defence as a tool for legitimizing military operations, while also analyzing its integration into the U.S. National Security Strategy that led to the transformation of the Greater Middle East system.
Main subject category:
Social, Political and Economic sciences
Keywords:
Preventive self-defence, USA, UN, Afghanistan, Iraq, George W. Bush, Al-Qaeda
Number of references:
337
