The Dynamics of US Retrenchment in the Middle East

Bibliographic Data

ID20138541
AuthorsPaul K Macdonald (0000-0003-2686-0570, corresponding author), Joseph M Parent (0009-0000-3747-7396)
Year2024
Volume54
Issue2
Publication date2024-05-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe US Army War College Quarterly Parameters (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0031-1723 • E-ISSN: 0031-1723
PublisherUnited States Army War College Press (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.55540/0031-1723.3287
OpenAlexW4399164411
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited38

This article argues that conditions favor American retrenchment from the Middle East because the United States can shift burdens to capable states in the region, there are few areas where US commitments are interdependent, and the local conquest calculus favors defense. Forward military deployments do not positively influence potential threats in the Middle East, and maintaining deployments there will detract from meeting challenges from China. Through comparisons to prior cases of great-power ordinal decline, this article puts America’s modest decline in historical perspective and finds that retrenchment policies will likely have positive consequences

Dynamics (music) · Economics · Middle East · Political economy · Political science · Retrenchment · Sociology · International Development and Aid · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Political Conflict and Governance · Public Administration

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