Carter Doctrine

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The Carter Doctrine is based on a " State of the Nation " by US President Jimmy Carter on January 23, 1980. She is the one in direct response to the military intervention of the Soviet Union in Afghanistan to understand. On the other hand, it aimed at the Islamic Revolution in Iran and the overthrow of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi . This caused a drop in oil production, which led to the second oil crisis . The core content of the doctrine was that the USA explicitly declared the Middle East to be their sphere of influence, in which they would defend their supremacy under all circumstances - including militarily.

"Let our position be absolutely clear: An attempt by any outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf region will be regarded as an assault on the vital interests of the United States of America, and such an assault will be repelled by any means necessary , including military force. "

“To make our position absolutely clear: Any attempt by another power to take control of the Persian Gulf is seen by us as an attack on the vital interests of the United States. Such an attack will be repulsed by any means necessary, including military force. "

This doctrine arose largely under the influence of Carter's security advisor Zbigniew Brzeziński and can be seen as the theoretical basis for the First Iraq War , the current Afghanistan and Second Iraq wars, as well as a possible war against Iran . It was intended to fuel the fear of an expansion of the military operations of the Soviet Union into the Middle East and was also considered to be the reason for the increase in the US armaments budget in 1980/81 by over 20 billion dollars to more than 158 billion dollars. As a result, CENTCOM was founded in 1983 as the US Armed Forces regional command center for the Middle East, East Africa and Central Asia.

literature

  • Heiko Meiertöns: The Doctrines of American Security Policy. Evaluation of international law and its influence on international law. Nomos, Baden-Baden 2006, ISBN 3-8329-1904-X (also dissertation at the University of Munich 2005).
  • Anna Wengel: The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan with special consideration of the "Carter Doctrine" Grin Verlag GmbH, 2011, ISBN 364080306X .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Only partially ready for use , Der Spiegel , 12/1980, accessed on September 28, 2016.
  2. ↑ Carter State of the Union Address, January 23, 1980 , documented by the University of Virginia , accessed August 28, 2016.
  3. ↑ Carter heats armaments , Neues Deutschland , January 23, 1980, accessed September 28, 2016.