RADICAL PERIOD on THE USE of FORCE: BUSH DOCTRINE, INVASION of IRAQ and INTENSIFYING JUST/HOLY WAR DEBATES
Abstract
The debate on the fight against global terrorism
and the use of force has intensified in the
field of international relations as a result of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the
United States of America perpetrated by al-Qaeda. Designing its strategy with
Bush Doctrine against “new” threat within global area, United States of
America’s (USA) first and concrete use of
force in this context was the invasion of Iraq in 2003. The present study
firstly assesses the Bush Doctrine with
respect to the historical and present context of the use of force. The Bush Doctrine that links a more peaceful and safe world
to global democratization, is analyzed within the framework of “the just war” (bellum iustum) and its important
tradition and least-emphasized dimension within the literature, holy war. In
this context, the study intends to analyze USA’s discursive and political
practices to justify Iraq war that brings Bush Doctrine to holy war,
international reactions to these attempts and tangible results of these policies
through the Iraq example.
Keywords
Bush Doctrine,2003 Iraq War,Preemptive War,Just War and Holy War
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