Geography and Regional Planning

Geography and Regional Planning

Policies, Strategies and Regional Planning of the United States of America in West Asia

Authors
bahram moradi 1
mohammad ali abdillah zadeh 2
mehdi zakerian amiri 3
1 PhD student in International Relations, Faculty of Law, Theology and Political Sciences, Science and Research Unit, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Faculty of Law, Theology and Political Science, Science and Research Unit, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, Faculty of Law, Theology and Political Sciences, Science and Research Unit, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
10.22034/jgeoq.2022.342000.3705
Abstract
Security challenges in West Asia have been defined by the significant deterioration of the security structure since 2003. Political and security developments following a political and security vacuum, along with a shift in the balance of power in the region, h. In many cases, security challenges have been maintained by trans-regional powers. The biggest and longest recent intervention in the Bishkek region has been the US intervention in Iraq since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, and most recently the presence of the US coalition in Syria. In both cases, the security regime did not guarantee the security of the region and the security dilemma became more complicated ... Also, the realistic approach and the military view have not been able to provide an answer to the security crisis. The best and clearest explanation of this can be seen in the military interventions in Iraq and Syria, which not only did not lead to long-term stability, but also opened up new tensions and practically turned them into fragmented countries. On the other hand, supra-regional powers in the field of military affairs have tried to secure their arms market among the Taliban, which has always been in the region. In realist discourse, the hypothesis that a state's security problem will be solved by maximizing military power is faced with the problem that not all countries can grow equally, and if one country's security is provided to the detriment of another, the result is It will have no security except crisis.
Keywords
Political Geography
Islamic Republic of Iran
United States
West Asia
Balance of Power
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Geography and Regional Planning
Volume 12, Issue 48
Summer 2022
Pages 906-933