Transnational War In Syria: The Eisenhower Doctrine In The 21St Century?
Journal: Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)
Year: 2016

This article aims to explain the geopolitical interests of the United States (US) in the Middle East. The ongoing conflict in Syria since March 2011 is used as a case study in order to explore US strategy. It is argued here that the Syrian conflict can only be understood by looking at global, regional, and local factors over longer periods of time. Thus, in order to identify intellectual forerunners of the post-WW2 conduct of the US in the Middle East, one needs to turn to geopolitical theorists