المجلة الأكادمية للبحوث القانونية والسياسية
Volume 8, Numéro 1, Pages 124-140
2024-03-10

The Impact Of The Project For The New American Century In Shaping U.s. Foreign Policy Toward Iraq: A Focus On The 2003 War

Authors : Gouasmia Saadia . Elaggoune Abdelhhak .

Abstract

This article critically examines the influence of the Project for the New American Century (PNAC), a neoconservative think-tank, on the United States'(U.S.) foreign policy toward Iraq, focusing on the 2003 war. It explores the PNAC's role in shaping policy decisions, assessing how the US administration adopted its ideas and recommendations. Using a combination of document analysis and case studies, the study investigates the specific ways PNAC influenced policy pre- and post-war, including the involvement of critical actors in the decision-making process. The article aims to provide a nuanced understanding of the PNAC's impact on one of modern US foreign policy history's most significant and controversial events. By analyzing the extent of PNAC's influence and the factors that led to the war, it seeks to offer insights into the complexities of US foreign policy-making and the 2003 Iraq war's place in it.

Keywords

foreign policy ; Iraq ; PNAC ; US