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American Foreign Policy and Rise of Radical Islam in Afghanistan and Iraq

  • Ch. Mohammed Nisar Walayat/
  • November 15, 2014
Keywords
US Foreign Policy, radical Islam, clash of civilizations, new world order, Afghanistan, Iraq.
Abstract

Since 9/11, the controversial thesis of Clash of civilizations by Samuel P. Huntington has been central to the debate to narrate the conflict between Islamic World and America. The conservative political academic has identified culture and religion as a primary source of conflict in the postCold War era. In his thesis, he identified two threats to the United States of America in 21st century: Islam and China. The identified threats have been based on civilizational fault lines lacking to consider raison d’état, interest of the state. This article will look at the interests of American as a global hegemon in the Islamic World whether they are geographical, political, economic, or military in nature since the Cold War; and how the pursuit of these interests has led to a clash based on interests. To secure national interests, American foreign policy has been aimed at war on terror, regime change and supporting authoritarian, undemocratic, and repressive regimes leading to a new threat − the rise of Radical Islam. The essay will evaluate the rise of radical Islam as a result of American Foreign policy and its geopolitical interests after 9/11 in the Islamic World

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Walayat, C. M. N. (2022). American Foreign Policy and Rise of Radical Islam in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Journal of Political Science, 32(1), 85–105. http://jps.gcu.edu.pk/website/journal/article/625312eec93c2/page

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[1]C. M. N. Walayat, “American Foreign Policy and Rise of Radical Islam in Afghanistan and Iraq”, The Journal of Political Science, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 85–105, Apr. 2022, Accessed: July 26, 2026. [Online]. Available: http://jps.gcu.edu.pk/website/journal/article/625312eec93c2/page

            

                    
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Walayat, Ch. Mohammed Nisar. “American Foreign Policy and Rise of Radical Islam in Afghanistan and Iraq”. The Journal of Political Science, vols. 32, no. 1, Apr. 2022, pp. 85–105, http://jps.gcu.edu.pk/website/journal/article/625312eec93c2/page.

            

                    
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Walayat, Ch. Mohammed Nisar. “American Foreign Policy and Rise of Radical Islam in Afghanistan and Iraq”. The Journal of Political Science 32, no. 1 (April 10, 2022): 85–105. Accessed July 26, 2026. http://jps.gcu.edu.pk/website/journal/article/625312eec93c2/page.

            

                    
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1.Walayat CMN. American Foreign Policy and Rise of Radical Islam in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Journal of Political Science [Internet]. 2022 Apr. 10 [cited 2026 July 26];32(1):85–105. Available from: http://jps.gcu.edu.pk/website/journal/article/625312eec93c2/page

            

                    
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Ch. Mohammed Nisar Walayat

        
        
    

    
Student of International Relations at Language and Social Sciences School (LSS), Aston University, Birmingham, UK

    
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