The new “National Security Strategy of the United States of America”

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Georgios Spyropoulos

Abstract

This article discusses the three different perceptions, based on three
different traditions, which shaped the American foreign policy since 1990 until
nowadays, with the present administration to be adherent of the last of these
three, the Jacksonian one. In this frame, US “National Security Strategy”,
announced in 2002, adopted the doctrine of prevention and pre-emptive action,
thus allowing US to act unilaterally against whomever they consider having
“aggressive” intentions. Even if Bush administration tried to present the new
doctrine as the result of 11th September’s events, it is more than clear that it
had already been conceived by the neoconservatives almost 10 years ago.
What is most disquieting, however, to the international community is the fear
of what is going to be happening in the sphere of the international relations if
the “pre-emptive strikes” policy of Bush’s administration finally prevails.

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