Creative Chaos as a Strategic Tool in US Imperial Foreign Policy toward Contemporary Greater Middle East: Afghanistan and Iraq

Abstract

This dissertation analyzes the American policy of “creative chaos,” which was employed in Afghanistan and Iraq after the attacks of 9/11. It examines the implementation of this policy and its consequences on the Afghan and Iraqi communities at the economic, political, and social levels. This study explores one of America’s most controversial foreign policies employed in the Greater Middle East supposedly aiming at eliminating the existing tyrannical regimes and establishing more democratic governments. Therefore, the aim of this study is to examine the extent to which this policy really succeeded to accomplish its main objectives in this region in terms of spreading democracy, peace and freedom. Creative chaos is discussed in its theoretical and political context, and then analyzed in its real implementation on the ground. This comparison between the theoretical and the actual allows the study to uncover America’s true intentions behind adopting this policy. The study reveals that America's undeclared objectives behind the implementation of this policy are in line with her imperial interests, which are contradictory to the official American statement that America's efforts were driven by democratic and humanitarian motives