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The Causes of Iraqi War: Why the US Administration decided to invade Iraq in 2003
Bartková Sodomová, Renáta ; Karásek, Tomáš (advisor) ; Karlas, Jan (referee)
The thesis: "The Causes of Iraqi War: Why the US Administration decided to invade Iraq in 2003" focuses on explanation why the administration of the USA made that step. The specification of the roots of war is based on five causes and seventeen subcauses according to the essay of Stephen Van Evera and other scholars, and the paper trough the methodology of text's analyzes investigates behavior, decision-making process and motivations of the US administration (the level of units) and some steps of the US president G. W. Bush (individual level) in the process leading to the war in Iraq. Concerning the causes of war, the paper introduces different concepts of the offense-defense balance and analyzes whether the balance was disrupted. Secondly, it examines the role of cumulative resources in Iraq like oil, territory and state structures and it shows how they influenced the decision. Third, it searches for the linkage among an emergence of a new threat and responses to it which mouthed to the acceptance of the concept of the first move advantage. Fourth, the thesis accounts for the roots of misperception, where they originate and how they operated in perception of the US administration of the Iraqi threat. Finally, the investigation of the last root of conflict explains why and how windows of...
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American intervention in Iraq: impacts of the de-Ba'athification process
Černochová, Karolína ; Hornát, Jan (advisor) ; Raška, Francis (referee)
The bachelor thesis titled "American intervention in Iraq: impacts of the de-Ba'athification process" is dedicated to United States influence in this process, its impacts on Iraqis and the future development of the country. De-Ba'athification process was part of US policy in post- intervention Iraq. The intervention in Iraq took place following Al Qaeda's terrorist attack on the towers of the World Trade Center in New York. Using the example of the first order of the Coalition Provisional Authority, the thesis analyses the success of the transition to democracy and the mechanism of transitional justice that the US chose in the transformation of Iraq. The CPA, led by its administrator Paul Bremer, was responsible for the administration of the country after the US invasion, and the first order was the most important feature of the whole process. Its goal was to remove any security threat to the coalition forces on Iraqi territory, to cleanse the country of Ba'athist regular members and associates and ban them from future employment in the public sector. The work assessed the effectiveness of the transitional justice mechanism concerning the social group that was punished during the de- Ba'athification process. These consequences have had and continue to have an impact on the development of the Iraqi...
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Invasion of Iraq - Just War?
Raiser, Jaroslav ; Kučera, Rudolf (advisor) ; Střítecký, Vít (referee)
The bachelor thesis "Invasion of Iraq - just war?" explores the just war theory, mainly jus ad bellum criteria which are applied on the case of invasion of Iraq, a war which took place in 2003, in the second part of the thesis. It examines a development of the theory through the history and the main thinkers of the theory from ancient times to the present day. Subsequently, the text explores the theoretical framework of jus ad bellum in detail. Its criteria are: just cause, competent authority, right intention, reasonable hope of success, proportionality and war as a last resort. The main aim of the thesis is to analyse justifiability of the invasion of 2003, but in order to understand the context of the invasion the history of Iraq since 1979 with special regard to the Iraqi weapon program and to the reaction of the international community to this program is examined first. Afterwards, the jus ad bellum criteria are applied to the invasion. While these criteria being examined, the public statements of the political leaders of the United States, and information and facts which were available to those leaders or to the intelligence agencies of the coalition states at that time, are taken into consideration.
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The role of religious and ethnic diversity of Iraq in the U.S. administration's decision to overthrow Saddam Hussein in the years 1991-2003
El-Ahmadieh, Jakub ; Kozák, Kryštof (advisor) ; Anděl, Petr (referee)
Bachelor thesis "The role of religious and ethnic diversity of Iraq in the U.S. administration's decision to overthrow Saddam Hussein in the years 1991-2003" deals with the issue of American foreign policy making regarding the Iraq regime of Saddam Hussein from the first Gulf war in 1990-1991 to the second Gulf war in 2003. The thesis concentrates on what was the role of ethnic and religious diversity of Iraq in the decision making process, precisely did this crucial factor influence the decision. Although during the first Gulf war the aspect of religious and ethnic diversity was very much taken into account, and was in fact one of the reasons for the decision not to overthrow Hussein's regime, during the second Gulf war the factor had been totally ignored which led to an afterwar violence which cost tens of thousands of casualties. The thesis concentrates on what was the reason to ignore this risk in the second Gulf war when it was taken into consideration during the first one, regarding the fact that both administrations had very similar personal and political basis.
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Analysis of the causes of entry of the U.S. military into Iraq in 2003
Svobodová, Klára ; Knotková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Havlová, Radka (referee)
The war in Iraq remains a controversial and debatable topic until now because of the lack of consensus about the causes of the outbreak. This thesis tries to analyze and objectively evaluate the most frequently mentioned possible causes of entry of the U.S. military forces into Iraq in 2003. Detail this thesis deals with security and political reasons that played in the decision of the United States over the future of Saddam Hussein a crucial role. Emphasis is placed on the proclaimed link between the Iraqi regime and the terrorist group al-Qaeda and then to the alleged existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. In the case of politically motivated reasons the hegemonic position of the United States in world political system is taken into account. The development of US-Iraqi relations since the 90 of the 20 century is mapped. Finally, attention is paid to the presidency of George Walker Bush, the influence of members of his administration and the influence of neo-conservatism on U.S. foreign policy in the context of the war in Iraq during Bush's tenure.
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The strategy of the Bush's administration towards Iraq during 2003 - 2008
Janečka, Martin ; Eichler, Jan (advisor) ; Dubský, Zbyněk (referee)
The purpose of this paper is to provide information on the period of time in Iraq after the second war in the Persian Gulf, especially from the United states' point of view. In the first part besides dealing with the motives that led United states to the war, the paper also mentions historical events during Saddam's regime. In the second part it descibes the after-war situation, US strategy for the economic, political and security reconstruction and ultimately it seeks to identify security threats and risks. In conclusion, it partly analyzes Barack Obama's attitudes towards Iraqi war and the perspective of the future potential development.
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