The role of the crisis in Iraq in the modern world politics

Resume: This article is devoted to the study of the role of the 2003 crisis in Iraq for the world politics at the global and regional levels. The object of study is the Iraq crisis of 2003. The subject of the research includes the reasons, especially the evolution and the consequences, of the Iraq crisis for the system of international relations and global and regional security, and the motives and tactics of the main actors of the Iraq crisis, the role of international organizations, alliances and coalitions in this process. The aim of the research is to define the role of the 2003 crisis in Iraq in the reforming of the system of international relations, global and regional security.The methodological basis of the research includes the systems approach, the structural and functional and the comparative political approaches, the methods of analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, observation.The 1998 crisis between the Iraqi leadership and the UN Special Commission, which had led to the military operation of the USA and Britain (Operation Desert Fox), was a turning point in the America’s policy toward Iraq. The author pays attention to the fact that the emergence of Iraqi factor in the modern world politics, connected with a permanent statehood crisis, and the regional aspect of the Iraq problem should be studied thoroughly. The present paper attempts to study the dynamics of the Iraq problem development from 1998, the consequences of the invasion for the region and the reasons for the world community’s and political elites’ attention to this country.

Keywords: international conflicts, geopolitics, Iraq, world politics, U.S. foreign policy, international relations, diplomacy, state, security, USA

DOI: 10.7256/2305-560X.2015.4.17226

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Bestolkov D.S. The role of the crisis in Iraq in the modern world politics. // International relations. - 2015. - № 4. - pp. 431-434. DOI: 10.7256/2305-560X.2015.4.17226