Minor essay: Iraq War 2003
Iraq War, the war between Saddam Hussein government and coalition forces led by the US, which happens around 2000s, the topic that is significant for its ability to provide better understanding about the international situation in the Middle East and the role of the United States. While there are two different aspects presented by liberalist and realists respectively for this topic, however, between these two theories, realism theory is a more well-cut-out theoretical lens for the analysis of Iraq War when this theory’s focus of power and security well corelates to the USA’s claim that Iraq possessed either biological and fatally destructive weapons, which will result in the threat among the Middle East’s security.
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According to ABC NEWS (2014), after the retreat of US troop, there is still around 10,000 security personnel with armed vehicles and other weapons and equipment being provided and looking to send an extra 5,000-armed security personnel in 2012, which is something the Iraqi government will not consent to. In the case of US arming heavily in Iraq, it could be better explained by realism’s principal ‘security’ dilemma when the US troops represents the power that ensure their embassy’s security, which, however, in turns posed a threat among the Middle East. The US embassy was well defended in pursue of its own security.
When it comes to Iraq War, realism’s explanation of geopolitics factor is also relevant. According to Cohen (2015), geopolitics is the analysis that relates to geographical settings and perspectives as well as political processes. That is, both geographical settings and political processes are impactful, and they influence one another. Geopolitics is also a way of struggling over power by means of securing spaces and places, and it is an enlightenment about world politics, with a specific concern on state competition and the geographical aspect of power (Flint,