A política externa estadunidense e as origens dos grupos terroristas no Iraque

• Autor(a) principal: Beliche, Talicia Oliveira
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Universitário da Ânima (RUNA)
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.animaeducacao.com.br/handle/ANIMA/10641
• topic: Estados Unidos; Key words: The United States. Iraq; Decision-making process; Intervention; Terrorist groups; Iraque; Processo decisório; Intervenção; Grupos terroristas

This monograph aims to analyze the American external policy and its influence on the origin of terrorist groups in Iraq. For this purpose, the rise of the United States of America as hegemony, with basis on their universal values, and the development of Iraq, marked by political coups and ethnic conflicts, as a country in the international system were historically contextualized. Henceforth, the origins of the interventions in Iraq in 1991 and 2003 were discussed, with basis on the historical analyses of the relations between these two countries, as well as the decision-making process on the kind of force to be used in the Iraq War after the successful September 11th terrorist attack in 2001 in the United States, which caused significant changes in the American external policy. Subsequently, the appearance of terrorist groups in the context of the interventions, the American political and financial contributions for the consolidation of these groups, especially the Al Qaeda and Islamic State, and their political implications in what comes to international security were investigated. In order to write this monograph, bibliographical sources such as books, academic articles and papers; maps and U.S. governmental agencies’ memorandum have been used. As a result, this study has found that the use of the word “terrorism” by the U.S. government, in the context of the Middle East conflicts, may be used as a means to justify the U.S. imperialistic type actions in Iraq and that the perpetuation of that country’s political and military influence in the region strengthens and extends the existence of anti-Western sentiments in the Iraqi society. Also, that even if the present active terrorist groups cease to exist in that region, new ones are likely to replace them. Key words: The United States. Iraq. Decision-making process. Intervention. Terrorist groups.