An Overview of American Security After September 11

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Introduction Brown argues that increased use and presence of American military forces has implicated US diplomacy at large. I agree with Brown’s assessments that U.S. officials are relying on influence to counter a wide range of threats to America's global interests; eclipsing previous strategies that restricted the use of military force to situations in which the country's vital interests were at stake. This is clearly evident even before September 11, 2001, which showed signs of heavy interfering into the future. While some may say, that these force presence is one of the reliable ways to establish a control over a disorderly world, evidence have showed us the opposite which supports Brown’s argument of ‘dangerous illusion’. While, we may argue that USA still remains, as the only ‘full service’ superpower, we need to question if this capacity have been ever been fully materialized? When US president George W Bush came on power, he adopted a unipolarity approach in pursuing US interest in foreign affairs. This was clearly evident when President Bush chose to use American military force following the September 11 attack to eliminate perceived threats and to promote U.S ideas around the world “based on four themes: a celebration of America’s physical superiority; a quasi-religious belief in the universality of American values and priorities; a confidence in Washington’s capacity to translate its material resources into intended outcomes; and a sense of threat, sufficient to justify institutional adjustment at home and pre-emptive action abroad.” National Security in Cyberspace How it does or does not support Brown’s hypothesis about U.S. relative decline and the transition from unipolarity to polyarchy in the National Securi... ... middle of paper ... ...lackboard Discussion. Paradoxes of U.S. Military Dominance, Week 1. Andreas Xenachis, Question 1. 5. Farwell, James P. and Rohozinski, Rafal (2011) “Stuxnet and the Future of Cyber War”, Survival, 23 - 40 6. G. Wayne Glass. “The Illusion of Control: Force and Foreign Policy in the 21st Century”. International Journal Vol. 59, No. 3 (Summer, 2004), pp. 726-729. Accessed November 15, 2013, http://www.jstor.org/stable/40203969 7. NATO. “Cyberspace Security.” Accessed November 14th, 2013. http://natolibguides.info/cybersecurity 8. Stivachtis, Ioannis. "Power, Strength and American Security: Hahhan Arendt and Power of Association." American Political Science Association. Accessed November 14, 2013. http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p150679_index.html 9. White House. “Cyber Security.” Accessed November 14th, 2013. http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/foreign-policy/cybersecurity

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