The American foreign policy in the middle east after the 9-11th terrorist attacks

الملخص EN

The following paper aims to shed some light on the American foreign Policy after the 9/11th terrorist attacks.

It starts with a historical overview of the American foreign policy since the very early years of the making of the nation then, goes through the most significant historical periods of America.

The American foreign policy was characterized, for a long time, by isolationism before and during the World War I, then it moved gradually to interventionism by the end of the World War II after the attacks of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese forces.

Since then, the U.

S.

became a super power thanks to their huge programs of armaments.

The growing interests of America in the Far and Middle East urged them to use this military superiority to safeguard these interests.

The 9/11th terrorist attacks were a good opportunity for the strong lobbyists of arm manufacturing to launch their so-called war against terror and led to a big change in American foreign policy.