Date of Award
Spring 5-19-2018
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Advisor(s)
Diane Detournay, Ph.D.
Abstract
This paper will examine the presence of just war theory in the rhetoric and actions of U.S. leaders and policymakers. I look at Afghanistan to highlight the United States' misuse of just war doctrine, which led to highly destructive consequences. I then look at Syria and how just war language is already being used to justify a potential intervention in the state. Last, I assess the United States' intervention in Yemen to argue that the U.S. does not intervene in the Middle East for strictly humanitarian purposes, but rather to pursue and advance its own interests like policies of regime change.
Recommended Citation
Bakhtiar, Sara, "America's 'Just Wars' in the 21st Century: Implications of Just War Theory on the Middle East" (2018). Senior Theses. 15.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/international_senior/15
