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Across the border: military intervention and decision-making during the Obama administration
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Across the border: military intervention and decision-making during the Obama administration
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This study examines the variation in the form of intervention in the Middle East and North Africa during the Obama administration. The four cases - Libya 2011, Mali 2013, Syria 2013, and ISIS 2014, share similar characteristics, yet the form of intervention in each case differed, which is puzzling. I used mixed methods – risk assessment and process tracing – to determine the objective and subjective threats in each case according to offensive realism compared with cognitive factors as defined by Miriam Steiner. I then examined three variants that motivated the decision process: following a pragmatic approach, a humanitarian norm of protecting civilians, and adhering to a democratic norm to include Congress in the decision-making process. By following the timeline of events leading up to the decision – including how the Principles Committee of the National Security Council discussed and framed the threat – I was able to determine that the form of intervention chosen was dependent on which approach Obama followed. When he was emotionally moved by gross violations of human rights, he used a greater form of intervention in these cases. Additionally, there is evidence of policy learning, where Obama learned from and adjusted U.S. behavior based on the successes and failures of his previous policies as well as his predecessors.
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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Access to this PDF has been restricted at the author's request. It will be publicly available after January 31st, 2023.
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