إستراتيجية الولايات المتحدة تجاه الثورات العربية: براغماتية أم ارتباك؟
Year 2021,
Volume: 10 Issue: 2, 47 - 74, 01.04.2021
Talha Köse
,
Abdullah Enes Tüzgen
Abstract
تهدف هذه الدراسة إلى مناقشة الاستراتيجية التي اتبعتها الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية تجاه الثورات العربية ودوافع هذه الاستراتيجية مع شرح لعناصر الاستمرارية والانقطاع في السياسة الأمريكية في المنطقة تجاه المنطقة. كما تتطرق الدراسة إلى النهج الأمريكي نحو الثورات العربية في مصر وسوريا والبحرين وليبيا والحروب الأهلية التي تلتها في إطار عام مع تحليل خاص لكل حالة في سياق السياسة الأمريكية تجاه الشرق الاوسط بصورة عامة. تحلل الدراسة أيضاً العناصر التي تتكون منها السياسة الأمريكية إزاء المنطقة والإطار الأساسي للاستراتيجية المتبعة تجاه الثورات العربية.
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U.S Strategy toward the Arab Revolutions: Pragmatism or Confusion?
Year 2021,
Volume: 10 Issue: 2, 47 - 74, 01.04.2021
Talha Köse
,
Abdullah Enes Tüzgen
Abstract
This study aims to discuss the U.S. strategy towards the Arab revolutions and its motives. The study also deals with the American approach towards the Arab revolutions in Egypt, Syria, Bahrain and Libya and the civil wars that followed them in a general framework with a special analysis for each case in the context of American policy towards the Middle East in general. The study also analyzes the elements that make up the US policy towards the region and the basic framework of the strategy adopted towards the Arab revolutions.
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