Cold War Research Paper

“Since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, the U.S.-Qatar political relationship soured badly, driven in particular by Qatar’s foreign policy initiatives and maddening behavior on the UN Security Council from 2006-07. The Amir thought they made a big mistake toppling Saddam Hussein. Qatar continued high level engagement with Hamas leaders, even as the US seeks to isolate them, and supports the Syrian government, even while the U.S. worked to support the democratic majority. Qatar is also often accused of funneling money to Hamas, senior Qatari leadership appeared to have grown jealous of the US relationships with regional rivals (including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan) and annoyed that they don’t give Qatar more attention, including senior-level visits and visibility in

For the United States, the Gulf region remains one of the most geo-strategically important locations in the world for diplomatic, intelligence cooperation, and business opportunities such as hydrocarbons and arms. This strategic cooperation has provided the region some stability, particularly with the rise of Iran and the Shi’a crescent and the chaotic outcome of the war in Iraq. The council members have also relied on the United State to fend off some of the domestic challenges to the existing regimes that are both internally and regionally rooted.

President Obama’s tactics in Syria is much different than President’s Bush’s tactics in Iraq. In August 2013, Obama seeked Congress approval on military action in Syria after the Syrian government used chemical attacks that killed over a thousand innocent civilians. On September 11, 2013, military action was placed on hold

(Michales) The Russian Defense Ministry said that a training camp and ammo depot were destroyed by bombings near the Islamic State’s defector capital in Syria, Raqqa. The countries of France, Turkey, the United States, Germany, Britain, Qutar, and Saudi Arabia; all say that Russia’s actions will “only fuel more radicalization and extremism.” (Michales) Russia’s airstrikes complicate U.S. efforts to build a moderate opposition in Syria, designed to counter the Islamic State there. (Michales) Pentagon efforts to train and deploy forces stalled before Russia’s airstrikes, but any future recruitment could be difficult if the Pentagon doesn’t provide U.S- backed rebels with guarantee of protection if they come under Russian attack. (Michales) Iraq is accepting help from both the United States and Russia is an ally to the Shiite- dominated government, Iraqi leaders will follow them, while the U.S has been trying to force the Iraqis to compromise with the Sunnis. Nonetheless, when the time comes, Iraq will pick Russia for help to fight

The Cold War was the hostile relationship, between 1947 to 1989, which existed between the Soviet Union and the United States and other Western Nations This struggle for global supremacy is characterized by mutual distrust, espionage, the stockpiling of weapons, and a race to develop technologies. However, when it comes to blaming one side on the how this war started, the fault clearly lies with the Soviet Union. The Soviet leader at this time, Stalin, forced the spread of communism as he feared anyone else, especially the United States who were aiming towards helping other countries develop into a capitalistic empire, as they now practiced. His attempts to force communism down Eastern Europeans throats was a major underlying cause to the Cold

The Iranians have clearly provided support to the Assad regime during the civil war, as indicated by the increasing number of Iranian generals dying in Syria (Wright). Clinton has admitted that not acting after Bashir Al-Assad crossed the proverbial “red line” and used chemical weapons on his own people was detrimental to the administration’s integrity. With the Islamic State (ISIS) operating out of Syria under the protection of the Syrian government, throughout her tenure as Secretary of State and as a presidential candidate, Clinton has always maintained the mantra “Assad must go.”

As far as his foreign policy regarding American involvement in Iraq, The New York Times and The Washington Post both covered what was expected of President Obama, but neither suggest his intention to withdraw the troops completely. "Foreign Policy" in The New York Times references some key events that took place up until the proposal to withdraw all of the troops, including President Obama's implementation of more troops and the killing of Osama Bin Laden. The issue with President Obama's actions, as a piece written in part by John McCain suggests, if President Obama had not taken action to bring the troops back to America he would not be keeping his 2008 Presidential Election preseason promise; however, being that he is beginning to "draw down" the troops he is acting inefficiently as American involvement in Iraq is still necessary. Although the withdrawal of the troops seems like a victory for the American people, John McCain's criticism shows the issues with President Obama's idea.

The developments of the Cold War is very well known to have originated from the two leaders, Harry Truman and Joseph Stalin. After the end of the Second World War, tension brought these leaders to hostile levels which later turned into another “global” war. Decisions made by those leaders such as the Truman Doctrine created by Harry Truman, the hidden nuclear secrets from Stalin, and lastly the aggressive behavior of Stalin during the Potsdam Conference after the British tried to limit their influence over eastern Europe. The slowly growing tensions led by the rapid developments of the Cold War by later actions taken in Germany during the Berlin Crisis.

Sending US troops to fight on the basis of information that proved false characterized Bush’s failure in the Iraq invasion, an invasion on which he bet his legacy on (Rothkopf, 21). Although the original policy failed, Bush and his administration came to terms with it and concluded that changes needed to be made. Bush made a final and confident decision to modify his team

Despite shortcomings with the decision to go to war, how the war was actually carried out posed more problems. The administration had a very favorable view of how the war would go and how post-war issues would work themselves out. They were under the impression that this war would be like any other situation where a new government was put up, like in Japan, Germany, or in many former Soviet states. The US has never dealt with this situation in the Arab world, though. In many cases, administration’s expectations for the war were simply unrealistic – some estimates had all forces out of Iraq within a year and one comment led people to believe that Iraq’s reconstruction would only cost the US $1.7 billion.

Following the embargo, experts from both Saudi and the U.S worked together to re-build the ties that bound them. The process involved renewing military cooperation and developing economic initiatives that promoted recycling petro-dollars to the U.S through Saudi investment in industrial expansion and infrastructure. When Roosevelt left office, Carter and Reagan attempted to strengthen the relationship by supporting anticommunist causes (Bahgat, 2003).

On the other hand, a U.S. military intervention is unlikely to happen since the U.S. cannot afford, politically or economically, an unsecured contribution to the Syrian war for an unpredictable period of time, especially after Obama’s foreign policy has been focused on ending all military involvements in Iraq and Afghanistan. The U.S. army hasn’t seemed to rest from the wounds of the two major past war, and veteran families were promised that military interventions will end, which makes the issue of intervention in Syria even more complicated for the U.S.

Vladimir Putin has been offering assistance to Assad during the Syrian Civil war. President Putin surprised many when he made his sudden announcement about his withdrawal of all military assistance from Syria. Putin has offered government assistance and military assistance to Assad, and they have helped achieve many towns and miles of territory back from the rebels, and military officials have cut off the main supply line for the rebels. A ceasefire was negotiated between Mr. Putin’s foreign minister as well as the Secretary of State John F. Kerry before things can be locked into place. While the ceasefire was called and in place government military forces still attacked key places, without consequences. Putin feels that he has done his main

The Cold War was fought between the United States of America and the Soviet Union. The war was a battle to be the most powerful country in the world. Although the Cold War was not a violent one it affected many other countries besides the United States and the Soviet Union. Most of the battles were races to get the achieve technology. South Korea was deeply affected by the Cold War; “Letter to General-Lieutenant Hodge on Northern Korea Providing Electricity to Southern Korea” proves that South Korea’s debt to North Korea was directly associated with the Cold War. North Korea was also very much affected by the Cold War; “Soviet Report on Communists in Korea, 1945” validates the fact that the North Korean

Taking your assigned country (unless you have Turkey, Israel, or Palestine) please explain its importance, or lack thereof, to the United States and its foreign policy in the Middle East. Please discuss the countries relationship with Saudi Arabia. And finally, please discuss any major involvement it has had in the peace process with Israel. If you are assigned to one of these countries, you may select any other country and write about it.