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DOI	10.1080/09636412.2021.1885727
	Desert Shield of the Republic? A Realist Case for Abandoning the Middle East
	Blagden, David; Porter, Patrick
通讯作者	Blagden, D (corresponding author), Univ Exeter, Int Secur, Exeter, Devon, England.
来源期刊	SECURITY STUDIES
ISSN	0963-6412
EISSN	1556-1852
出版年	2021
卷号	30 期号:1 页码:5-48
英文摘要	Political realists disagree on what America should do and be in the Middle East. All are skeptical toward extravagant geopolitical projects to transform the region. Yet they differ over whether hegemony in the Gulf and its wider environs are worth the substantial investment of blood and treasure. Hegemonic primacy realism finds the commitment effective and affordable, and that Washington should stay to stabilize the region to ensure a favorable concentration of power. There is an alternative shield of the republic realism, however, which views the pursuit of armed supremacy in the Middle East as harming political order at home, reducing security more than generating it, and costing too much for too little gain. It involves interests that are either manageable from a remove or largely generated by being there in the first place. In this article, we lay out the latter position, arguing that the unruly Gulf is increasingly peripheral to US national interests. The region is losing its salience grand strategically, entanglement and continuous war damage republican liberties, and the calculus of whether continued hegemony is worth it has shifted decisively toward the downside. The time for abandonment has come.
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000619727300001
WOS关键词	UNITED-STATES ; GRAND STRATEGY ; FOREIGN-POLICY ; PERSIAN-GULF ; AMERICA ; IRAQ ; POWER ; WAR ; THREAT ; OIL
WOS类目	International Relations
WOS研究方向	International Relations
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/351749
作者单位	[Blagden, David] Univ Exeter, Int Secur, Exeter, Devon, England; [Porter, Patrick] Univ Birmingham, Int Secur & Strategy, Birmingham, W Midlands, England
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Blagden, David,Porter, Patrick. Desert Shield of the Republic? A Realist Case for Abandoning the Middle East[J],2021,30(1):5-48.
APA	Blagden, David,&Porter, Patrick.(2021).Desert Shield of the Republic? A Realist Case for Abandoning the Middle East.SECURITY STUDIES,30(1),5-48.
MLA	Blagden, David,et al."Desert Shield of the Republic? A Realist Case for Abandoning the Middle East".SECURITY STUDIES 30.1(2021):5-48.