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Middle Eastern Politics:
The Bush Doctrine

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Foreign relations of Middle East countries..................................................................................5
Terrorism in middle eastern countries.........................................................................................5
Nuclear Proliferation...................................................................................................................6
Politics of middle eastern countries.............................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
The political system plays a crucial role in the countries all over the world and includes
systems, practices and the code of conduct. It is responsible to develop policies and functions
governing the countries. Political system plays a very crucial role in the countries all over the
world. In every country, there is different political practices, systems and code of conduct. There
are some political parties who are responsible to develop the policies and practices for various
functions of the countries. In this manner, Bush Doctrine refers to various related foreign policies
and principles, 43rd president of the US was George W. Bush. There are various countries in the
Middle East which arelike Iran, Iraq,. Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Syria, Tturkey, Egypt,
Cyprus, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, etc. (Kanel and Niraula, 2017). The following report provides the
in- depth knowledge and understanding about the policies of the above mentioned Middle East
countries.
MAIN BODY
The major aim of the Bush administration is to produce a national security document that
is known as the Bush Doctrine. Its main objective is to impose on the world a new set of the
international relations. Therefore America has freedom in using the Market and the military
forcesIn this manner, America has free right to use the market and military force to impose its
will on the rogue state. US and Iran's relations has been developed in the year 1953 and in the
1979, Iranian revolution took place(place (Guinney and et.al., 2017). From the year 1980-1985,
there was a giant war which took paceplace between Iran and Iraq . Iraq. There are various
factors which affected the relationship between the US and Iran among which some are as
follows- History- History is the major factor which affects the relationship between the Iran and
US as both countries have completely different history, culture, background, religion,
languages, people living standard of people and also the political system. Terrorism- In the year 2012, Iran suspends funding in the context of Syrian civil war and
in the 2013 and 2014, a reconciliation took place .place. Geostrategic factors-Due to the regional balance of power, the key strategy existed in
order to support the gulf countries sand thus protecting the Iranian Regional harmony.
There are is regional balance of power. Containment of Iran and support for the gulf Arab

states existed as aas a key strategy in protecting Iranian regional hegemony. This factor
has largelyhas largely affected the relationship between the various countries.
 Nuclear proliferation-In the year 2002, various clarifications were made in the nuclear
facilities In the 2002, revelations about the nuclear facilities. In the context of Iran, there
are various nuclear issues such as civilian energy program and, unfairly targeted by
international community. As per the US perspective , Iran was a supporter of Terrorism
which became a threat for the UD nation. In the perceptive of US, there are various
nuclear issues such that Iran being a supporter of terrorism throughout the region
(Swain, 2018)
In the Middle East countries, the countrieseconomies have different governmental rules,
regulations and code of conduct. Each country develops its own regulations related to the various
activities of the nation in diverse range of the sector. As per the research, it has been founded that
US policies of the Middle East has have played a very significant role in the Bush Doctrine. With
the assistance of these policesthese policies, various developmental measures has have been
developed in the countries which that were targeted for the benefit of the citizens (citizens
(Middle East politics,. 2017). In addition to this, US has a strong political system and code of
conduct by which their citizens lead their life by following these systems as well as the policies. .
In the context of immigrationof immigration, government of the UK have has designed various
other regulations and principles related to the visa. US government have has a great significance
insignificance in the development of the effective rules, regulations and code of conduct about
the country’s political system.
The above mentioned rules and regulations applies to each and every activity in the
country whether its related to the organizations or even with the citizen's life . life. In this
manner, Foreign policy is considered to be the a debated issue in the history and as well as for
the international relations for most of the late century and President George Bush latest
reincarnation has stimulated no fewer debates. In the US, there are very strict rules, regulations
and code of conduct which everyone have has to follow. which It includes every citizen and
organisation as well. (Maton, Humphreys, Jason and Shinn, 2017).there were many policies
which were formed to regulate the countries in the middle eastern region. Political system plays
a very crucial role in the country. In every country there are different political practices, systems
and code of conduct. There are some political parties who are responsible to develop the policies

and practices for the various functions in the country.. In this manner, Bush Doctrine refers to
various related foreign policies and principles . principles. The major objective of Bush Doctrine
is to develop an effective relationship between various countries in the world.....
In order to develop an effective relationship between US and Iran, bush Bush Doctrine
has developed effectivedeveloped effective policies and practices which are beneficial to for the
citizens as well to theand organizations.. The major aim of the Bush administration is to produce
a national security document that is known as the Bush Doctrine. . In this manner, America have
has free right to use the market and military force to impose its will on the rogue state. Bush
Doctrine has given great support to various countriesvarious countries in order to participate in
the national economy, one has to maintain effective relationship with the country.. Government
has a made a very crucial roles and participation in the development of the nation’s economy by
which they have effective relationship with country. ‘Every nation, in every region, now has a
decision to make.
Freedom and fear are at war. The advance of human freedom -- the great achievement of our
time, and the great hope of every time -- now depends on us. Our Nation -- this generation -- will
lift a dark threat of violence from our people and our future. We will rally the world to this
cause, by our efforts and by our courage. The course of this conflict is not known, yet its
outcome is certain. Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know
that God is not neutral between them (Kanel and Niraula, 2017).
Both the freedom and the war were at the conflicting stage as the people experienced
great threat of violence form the other countries. The visualisation of the results are certain as the
conditionAccording to the Iran’s history, there are also a great and strict rules and regulations for
the countries' development system. The government have has a great role in this Iran’s political
system as there are strict rules and regulations for the all human beings as well as organisation.
The political system of the country is followed by the citizens as well as the organizations also.
Country have has a great political system by which all citizens and corporation have to follow.
Government has made a very crucial roles andan important participation in the development of
the nation economy by which they have maintain an effective relationship with country. ‘Every
nation, in every region, now has a decision to make.The participation in the development of the
economy is huge which resulted in the positive relationship with the other countries.

Foreign relations of Middle East countries
Balanced foreign policy has been adopted by most of the countries of Middle Eastern
region. It enjoys respect in terms of its foreign relations with other countriesnations. It has non-
interference policy with respectable international conventions and non-interfering internal
affairs. It has altogether different committee to settle down the dispute that arise during foreign
trade. It maintains cooperation based relations with foreign countries. Qatar, one of the countries
from Middle Eastern region has developed diplomatic relations with Soviet Union in 1988. It
was a member of OPEC and founding member of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
Terrorism in Middle Eastern countries
There is a wide increase of terrorism activities all across the globe. However, vast terrorist
attacks has have been faced by Middle Eastern countries. Even if the targeting patterns are
changing but there is no sign of declining terrorism. . Commercial spaces have been the first
target of terrorists. Middle Eastern countries have been the hub of industries and factories., itIt
has been the major target of terrorists. There is a high risk of political violence and the threat of
terrorism has pressurized the businesses to save their employees who has have just come to earn
their livelihood and not only from the home country but also from the host countrynation. . It is
difficult to monitor the threat of terrorism which has given rise to increase the pressure on the
employers to save their employees and industries from terror.
Geopolitics is the interaction of geography and politics. Its major focus is on geography,
power, foreignand foreign policy. It also focuses on states, people, borders, traffic routes and
human traffic. It assesses the impact of politics based on the geographical regions of the country
where a country resides. The keyKey factor for the increase in the third wave of Middle East
geopolitics is crippled economy, failed states, humiliated people, extreme inequality and poverty,
conflicted geographies, foreign intrusions and violent radicalism. As the presence on oil in the
Persian Gulf region it became a major source off attraction The middle has proved to be an
attractive country because of the discovery of oil in Persian Gulf. Having oil mines in the
countries of Middle East, it has been the centre of attraction for various countries nations who do
not have oil mines.

Nuclear Proliferation
Iran is one among the 12 Middle Eastern countries who has produced nuclear weapons.
The twelve Middle Eastern countries are: Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Egypt, UAE, Jordan, Morocco,
Tunisia, Syria, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Iran, Yemen and Libya. Including Iran, all the Middle
Eastern countries have launched their nuclear programs. However, Yemen and Libya cancelled
their programs after reaching to a certain stage. . It has never officially announced about the
nuclear weapons it possespossesses . But it has been estimated that the country carries 200
nuclear missiles. Nuclear power has been considered as an illegal practice (Hughes and Mullin
2017). But in order to save itself from terrorist’s attacks and to save its citizens from uncertain
terrorism, this practice is followed. In order to protect the country from the terrorism,
government have has played a very crucial role as it have has contributed various efforts to
control the terrorism attackract in the country and protect the citizens from the any kind of
unethical and illegal activities.
Energy Security- in In the Middle Eastern countries, energy security is major concern and
it is remains one of the key US interest in the Middle East region. Iran has some of the largest oil
reserves in the world. Its geographic position is also effective as it controls the key waterway
through which about thearound 20% of the world’s oil passes (Hughes and Mullin 2017).
Politics of Middle Eastern countries
Politics have beenis highly complicated and extremely violent. The existence of a chain of
democracy in various Middle East countries make it a democratic country. The people of the
country can freely decide their future without being oppressed from any governmental or non-
governmental pressure. But they can practice only a limited democracy (Almog and Sever,
2017). The ultimateUltimate power lies in the hands of their supreme leader. The power of the
supreme leader is unrestricted and unlimited. He is treated as god's representativesrepresentative
being involved in the in controlling all the political state of media and even the people were
threaten to death. and controlling all the political state of media. People arePeople are been
threaten to death. However, this scenario has changed over time andtime nowand now, the
people of Middle East countries are being able to lead a life which is governed by them. Presence
of various caste, creed, sex, religion, citizen. According to International Organization of
migration, there are approximately 13 million first generation migrants from Middle Eastern
countries in the world. Based on the trade being established by the Middle Eastern region. It has

attracted various migrants in these countries. Middle eastern countries nations cover very poor
countries such as Gaza and Yemen to the very rich countries such as Qatar and UAE (Awad and
et.al., 2017). According to the statistics of World Bank indicator, the three countries of Middle
Eastern region have the strongest economies, they arethat is, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran.
The lack of politics made the administration difficult. According to the administration of trump,
in the opinion, lack of politics make analysis very difficult. As per the trump administration, 59
tomahawk missiles fired at a Syrian air base and taken the first direct action against Assad.
Differentiation from Obama and refutation of relationship with putin. On the other hand, in the
present presence of Obama, he makes a lot of efforts in engaging getting engaged with the
Muslim world and to the Arab spring and cautions approach to the Arab spring.
The majorMajor producers or of oil are the countries of middle easternMiddle Eastern
region. The rising employment will be completed with the oil and oil related products. .
Therefore, giving rise to numerous oil industries dealing in oil and oil related products. Other
industries include, agriculture, cotton, cattle, dairy, textiles, leather products, etc. employment is
on higher side in Middle Eastern countries. But, numerous countries are highly dependent on the
exports of oil from countries from Middle Eastern region. Banking is also an important sector. In
the Middle Eastern countries, there are is huge scope of the employment, education and effective
high standard of living. There are various factories and industries which provides an opportunity
to growth their career and life.
Politics have always been the major issue for Middle Eastern countries. There were no
tax liabilities for the middle eastern countires but there were restrictions when it came to enterin
the US market.Though there is no levy of tax on the countries of Middle East (Friis, Pedersen
and Crane, 2017). But the rules and regulation to enter into the market. The country do not apply
any tax on any product being sold or any service being rendered in the countrynation. The rules
and regulations of international trade are not very stringent due to the existence of mass number
of exports in different parts of the world. Political system creates the barriers in the organisation
as well as in human life as they have to follow all rules and regulations about the survival of
business as well as their activities in the countries. Those people who does not follow the
regulations and norms of the country which has have been developed by government, then there
are anotherthey need to give strict penalties for themthe same.

The relations between US and Middle East countries have always been good. With the
change in the president of US, many restrictions were imposes when it comes to entering the US
market which includes restrictions on the Services like Visa, international trade and this
hampered the relations with the other countries. The dependence on the countries like Kuwait
and qua tar because of their oil refineries. Trump has made lots of restrictions in entering US
market. Restrictions on visa services also various restriction on international trade has impacted
the relation of US with middle east countries. Major countries depend on countries like Kuwait
and Qatar to fulfil their oil necessities because of the large oil mines situated in Middle Eastern
countries (Pianka, 2017). The peoplePeople who wants to enter into in the US have to fulfil all
necessary requirements and formalities which are required in thefor Visa.
From the entire discussion about the Middle Eastern countries, it can be concluded
thatconcluded that there exists veryexists an effective relationship between Iran and US as there
is is very stronga strong political system which has controlled thecontrol all activities of
organisation as well as citizens in the countries. The political scenario in the eastern countries
has cooperated a lot by developing an peaceful environment in the countries. It has also seen that
political in the Eastern countries have put their strong efforts and contribution to develop an
effective environment and atmosphere of the countries.
CONCLUSION
From this report, it has been concluded that The US and Iran relation has developed in
the year 1953 and in the year 1979, the Iranian revolution took place . place. In From the year
1980 to the year1988, there was giant war which took place between Iran and Iraq. In order to
develop an effective relationship between the US and Iran, bush Bush Doctrine has developed
the effective policies and practices in order to benefit the citizens as well as the organizationsby
which countries citizens and other organisation have beneficial in an effective manner. The
major aim of the Bush administration is to produce a national security document that is known as
the Bush Doctrine. It has been also concluded that with assistance of these polices, in the
countriesnations, there are various kinds of developmentof developments and various measures
took place through which citizens have earned lots of the large amount of the benefits. In
addition to this, US have has a strong political system and code of conduct which is to be
followed by the citizens in order to lead a peaceful life.

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