International studies, Vol. I No. 1, 2000.
Professional paper
U.S. National Security Strategy and Allied Force Operation
Drago Lovrić
; Croatian Army
Abstract
On the threshold of the 21st century, in an environment where traditional international politics transforms into global politics, where the limits between national and international are erased, the USA have become the only real superpower, while the expression globalisation approaches the meanings of westernisation, or more precisely americanisation.
The major goal of the globally set American national strategy is to mobilise all available military, economic and diplomatic potentials in order to protect and promote own national interests and values. The US military power is unsurpassable; dynamic world economy offers increased chances for American businesses, investment and profit-making, while the international community of democratic states grows, enhancing certainty of political stability, peaceful solution of conflicts and giving greater hope to the nations of the world.
The area of Kosovo and the stability of Southeast Europe are essential to the USA for the establishment of preconditions for dominating manoeuvre and the projection of power to the area of potential future crisis (the Caucasian area), which is, due to its energy resources, vitally important for the USA. Analysing US national security strategy and the Allied Force action, we can conclude that the operation undertaken under the principle "Leadership today for safer, better tomorrow" in order to accomplish basic goals of the national security strategy, primarily aimed at strengthening American economic growth. Therefore, the solutions to the Kosovo crisis should not be sought for in humanitarian motives and American will to punish every criminal, but in immoral interests reflected in profit-making and occupying a new geo-strategic position from which military power can be projected and influence exerted to the area of future crisis.
Keywords
United States of America; security; strategy; Kosovo; Allied Force
Hrčak ID:
286311
URI
Publication date:
15.12.2000.
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