State-building and regime security: A study of Iraq's foreign policy making during the Second Gulf War.
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Title
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State-building and regime security: A study of Iraq's foreign policy making during the Second Gulf War.
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Identifier
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AAI9618084
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identifier
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9618084
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Creator
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Mohamedou, Mohammad-Mahmoud.
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Contributor
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Sponsor: Howard H. Lentner
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Date
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1996
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Political Science, International Law and Relations | History, Middle Eastern | Sociology, Social Structure and Development
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Abstract
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The intention of this study is to address the issues of state-building and regime security as key variables affecting and determining a foreign policy-making process during an international crisis and a confrontation. The case dealt with is the 1990-1991 Second Gulf War. The project seeks (i) to explain the Iraqi decisions during the conflict and (ii) to assess the nature and quality of the policy-making process itself. The dissertation examines four key decisions taken by the Iraqi leadership: (i) the decision to invade Kuwait, (ii) the decision to internationalize the conflict, (iii) the decision to reject the January 15, 1991, deadline to withdraw from Kuwait that was set by the United States-led coalition, and (iv) the decision not to abide by the February 23, 1991, ultimatum to remove its troops from Kuwait within the next 25 hours. The study reveals that the combined presence of state-building and regime security concerns, as a dual decisional set, had a significant impact on the formulation of Iraq's foreign policy decisions. Furthermore, the forces that had an impact on Iraqi policy formulation during the Second Gulf War were historically determined and followed logically from socioeconomic conditions of the aftermath of Iraq's war with Iran. The explanatory logic pairs statehood and historical dimensions as manifest policy-making configurations affecting a regime's immediate foreign policy behaviour.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
