Foreign Policy and Critical Security: The US Foreign Policy Towards Israel

Year 2024, Volume: 8 Issue: 1, 199 - 212, 27.06.2024

Fatih Yaşar

https://doi.org/10.33399/biibfad.1453099

Abstract

Security is defined differently by classical and critical perspectives. The debate on security between classical and critical perspectives illustrates the inadequacy of the classical tradition. This article provides the approaches of classical and critical perspectives towards security and their shortcomings. The article argues that critical perspectives are much more effective than the classical approach regarding the understanding and resolution of security problems. It provides a critical reformulation of Foreign Policy (FP) which has been based on the classical approach. The article also examines the US FP towards Israel regarding the Arab-Israel wars and the US peace efforts, recommending that the US adopt an FP based on critical security for these issues.

Keywords

Classical security, critical security, Foreign Policy, the US, Israel

Dış Politika ve Eleştirel Güvenlik: ABD’nin İsrail’e Yönelik Dış Politikası

Abstract

Güvenlik, klasik ve eleştirel perspektifler tarafından farklı tanımlanmıştır. Klasik ve eleştirel perspektiflerin güvenlik üzerine tartışmaları, klasik geleneğin yetersizliğini göstermiştir. Bu makale, klasik ve eleştirel perspektiflerin güvenlik kavramına yaklaşımlarını ve eksikliklerini ortaya koymaktadır. Makale, eleştirel perspektiflerin güvenlik sorunlarına anlama ve çözümünde klasik yaklaşıma göre daha etkili olduğunu iddia etmektedir. Çalışma, klasik yaklaşım temelli olan Dış Politikanın (DP) eleştirel yaklaşımdan yeniden formülleştirilmesini sunmaktadır. Çalışma, Arap-İsrail savaşları ve ABD’nin barış çabaları konularında ABD’nin İsrail’e yönelik DP’sini de incelerken ABD’ye bu konularda eleştirel güvenlik temelli DP’yi benimsemesini önermektedir.

Keywords

Klasik güvenlik, eleştirel güvenlik, Dış Politika, ABD, İsrail

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