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The Staggered US Foreign Policy

Wednesday 11 March 2015
The Staggered US Foreign Policy

Alwaght-Vladimir Putin's, the Russian President, decision of annexation of the Crimean peninsula to the Russian territory and the secrete invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops in a response to the triggering of the Ukrainian conflict by the US government are among the main events quaked US foreign policy .  Several incidents in the world point towards the staggered US foreign policies including; the creation of the terrorist group ISIS and aiding it with advanced equipment and governance, occasional acts of provocation towards China in the South and East China Sea, alongside with the powerlessness of the western world to stop the human and financial losses in Syria after five years, are all symbols pointing towards the Staggered US foreign policies.

Many blame the US for the ongoing events, but a much larger scale of events is merely related to tactical mistakes by the US Government or Washington's refusal to send ground troops into new fronts.  During the cold war, the US global role in the country was clear.  America has led the fight with the former Soviet Union and communism throughout the world.  However, there is confusion regarding personal decisions, and often conflict between American values and the main goal.  Therefore, most Americans knew what the necessary goal of their country, and they committed themselves to it.

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the transparency of issues ended, and the Americans were confused since then.  Is our goal to increase the maximum power of the US or to promote the democratic culture?  Should the US still play the role of the global Police, even if it is not directly threatened?  Is our sense of duty lies within correcting the defects and deficiencies in our country, or the development of capitalism and free markets?  However, these issues are defined differently: changing the regime or reconstructing the country, adhering to the international law about exceptions, multilateralism, and unilateral interests against the proposed values.  After all these different interpretations, they search for a hidden agenda on which to decide when and where to make money, political capitals, and even lives. Surveys show that without such a framework, the American public, just as its government, is confused about the timing to act or not, and their stances will likely face major changes with the subsequent events.

Meanwhile, the world's vulnerability to external influence has elevated.  Almost the entire seven billion population of the world now have a single market. Others simply cannot avoid the entrance of individuals, intelligence agencies, crime, money, weapons, pollution, and epidemics.  In this case, the lack of any protocol that would govern the US foreign policies is felt.

Interestingly, the US is not alone in this matter. China is also confused regarding their role and their behavior is mixed.  Deng Xiaoping, the country's revolutionary, fought the risks and exerted a lot of effort in order to increase the economic power of China and release it from the binding forces.  Here lies many ambiguities, even to Beijing, how wide is the field of Chinese goals?  China is rapidly increasing its military power.  Its actions in the Southern and Eastern China Sea, over the small islands and coastal waters, stimulated some dispute regarding the concerns over East Asia.

In the West Asia, Israel regime appears to have abandoned the efforts to achieve peace.  Conflict policy is increasingly turning to achieve the two-state solution.  Even a stable country became possible.  Iran is close to the prominent historical agreement that would end the global concern regarding its nuclear program.

Therefore, in 2015, the US has many ambiguities in its foreign policies and its vital interests.  On the other hand, Obama could not be ambiguous towards the fate of the Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad anymore.  His decision must be clear, and should fill the large gap in its current policy of not allowing enough force to fight ISIS in Syria.  Moreover, Obama should not allow the relations with Russia to continue to be cold as the present time.   

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