Smart Geopolitics, Dangerous Ideas
Energy security, Ideology, and the Challenges of American Policy in the Persian Gulf
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7459754 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Diego Pagliarulo (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2016-08-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1991-9336 • E-ISSN: 1991-9336 |
| Publisher | European Association for American Studies (PUBLISHER • FR) |
| DOI | 10.4000/ejas.11639 |
| OpenAlex | W2508774447 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
Both as a superpower and as the West's leading security provider, the US has seen its commitment to the stability of the Gulf region and the preservation of access to its oil supplies increase. US Persian Gulf policy, however, has been shaped not only by pure geopolitical considerations, but also by ideological factors concerning America's status and role in international relations. Until recently, US policy toward the Persian Gulf was distorted by the appeal of America's unchallenged military primacy. Confronted with the contradictions and dilemmas of promoting ideals and protecting the national interest, US policy-makers demonstrated a remarkable penchant for instituting policies that overestimated the potential of America's military power as a tool for creating new political realities and favorable outcomes in the region. Such an approach has proved to be extremely costly and frustrating, while the time seems ripe to explore new strategies. The US should not strive to reshape or control the geopolitics of the Gulf, as both these approaches are unfeasible. The idea of disengagement from the region, moreover, appears delusional even when the implications of the unconventional energy revolution are held into account. Rather, America and its allies should focus their engagement on protecting their interests without becoming part of the region’s sources of instability
Computer security · Energy (signal processing · Energy security · Geopolitics · Ideology · Linguistics · National security · Persian · Physics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Computer Science · Engineering · Global socioeconomic and cultural dynamics · Literary, Cultural, Historical Analysis · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · History · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |