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  • 简介:TheMiddleEasthasbeenahotspotininternationalpoliticssincethemid-20thcenturyowingtoitsspecialgeostrategicpositionanditsabundantresourcesofoilandnaturalgas.Thesecontributeshavemadeitanareaofcontentionforanystatewithaglobaloverview.DuringtheColdWar,thesharpdifferencesbetweentwosuperpowers,theU.S.andtheSovietUnion,couldhavebroughtthesituationtothebrinkofathirdworldwar.AftertheColdWar,theU.S.becamethedominantpowerintheMiddleEast.TheU.S.containedtherecalcitrantregimeofSaddamHusseininIraqandanIranengagedinIslamicrevolution.Italsolaunchedandpropelled,thoughinvain,theMiddleEastpeaceprocess.After9.11,underthebannerofantiterrorism,theU.SwagedapreemptivewaragainstIraq,overthrewtheSaddamregime,andimplementedintheMiddleEastastrategyof'democratictransformation'.Fromthatpoint,theMiddleEastenteredaneraofconfusion.

  • 标签: 中东地区 复杂性 冷战时期 国际政治 资源丰富 世界大战