FROM WAR ON TERROR BACK TO GREAT POWER COMPETITION
Journal: Düzce Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi
Year: 2022

In this article, selected documents of American national security strategy (NSS) in the 2000-2018 period are analyzed in the light of Stephan Walt’s “balance of threat” concept. Year 2000 was chosen as the starting point since 9/11 terror attacks correspond to a historic turning point in U.S. foreign policy, and the last NSS concerned is NSS 2017, prepared by the Trump administration. National Defense Strategy (NDS) documents are also taken into consideration, to further clarify the dominant tre