To What Extent Does the Cold War Play a Role in the War on Terror?

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to thank my supervisor for supporting me throughout my project and giving his valuable suggestions. Finally thanks to all my friends and family for their utmost support and inspiration.

DECLARATION

I, (Your name), would like to declare that all contents included in this dissertation stand for my individual work without any aid, & this dissertation has not been submitted for any examination at academic as well as professional level previously. It also represents my own views & not essentially the ones associated with university.

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ABSTRACT

This thesis attempts to forecast short to midterm developments in the War on Terror world has been engaged. Using the Cold War of the last century as a point of comparison to illuminate the War on Terror, common trends and the underlying logic of the two conflicts are explored in order to forecast where the War on Terror may be headed. I start with researching the sources of conflict for the two wars and, based on historical evidence, find that essentially, both conflicts arose out of irreconcilable differences in the opponents' ideologies. This study examines the way in which the US, the Europeans and the EU (European Union) and NATO, are responding to this intensified threat through the war on terrorism. Having established the comparability of the conflicts, this research identifies and compares several major factors which greatly influenced the development of the two wars. It will then explore a key difference in the way the Cold War was fought. This difference helps in deducing short-term prospects for the current War on Terror. In conclusion, it will summarize the findings of the thesis and speculate on possible developments in America's latest war effort, attempting to predict potential outcomes and the ways these outcomes are likely to be affected by policy decisions. 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII

DECLARATIONIII

ABSTRACTIV

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1

Background1

Theoretical framework1

Significance of the study2

Aims and objective of the study2

Hypothesis3

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW4

Pre-Existing Transatlantic Divides4

US Responses to Terrorism Post-9/115

European and EU Responses to Terrorism Post-9/1J6

Comparing cold war and war on terror8

NATO's Adaptation Post-9/119

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY11

Research approach11

Research problem11

Research design12

Data collection13

Research strategy13

Confidentiality14

Validity14

Reliability15

Bias15

CHAPTER 4: DISCUSSION17

Security policies17

Iraq War18

Nuclear weapons19

CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION21

Alliances21

Role of NATO21

War on terrorism22

REFERENCES24

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

Background

The new era of global undertakings dawned on September 11, 2001 when America was brutally attacked by a force it never faced as a rival before: terrorism with a global reach. The New Crusade proclaimed by President Bush bears striking resemblance to the holy war on the Evil Empire of Communism America conducted in the second half of the 20th century. These two wars have a lot in common (Krueger 2003).

In both wars, American leaders sought cooperation with the members of the international community who shared the values of democratic societies democracy are relatively young concepts, whereas Islamic radicalism springs from historical precedent The meaning of the need for cooperation differs: inability to counter each and every expansionist move of the Soviet Union on the territories which were geographically remote from North ...