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Understanding the Events of September 11 : A Realist-Liberalist Paradigm

In the history of the United States , the Events of September 11 may have undoubtedly been one of the most catastrophic of attacks ever occurred on United States sovereignty . Indeed , the tragic events not only destroyed the United States ' concept of invincibility and supreme military strength , it also paved the way for the destruction of the United States ' preservation of national security and national interests Months after the attacks , several state-level leaders within the United States Government argued against each other over who

should 've been responsible for both the prevention and the management of the crisis . A couple of years later , in the summer of 2004 , a special Committee on Terrorist attacks released a report comprising of the entire events that occurred during the attacks . The report went further to explain (or at least discuss ) how and why the United States became negligent over the al-Qaeda 's actions and behavior prior to the events . The report also discussed several important points pertaining to what possible improvements can the country make in to reduce or even eliminate the chances of another tragic attack of the same scale ever occurring The report came to be known as the 9 /11 Commission Report

Despite the Commission 's efforts in understanding the events that transpired , one important was most likely left out by the report 's discussions : the intellectual mindset or paradigm that drove or influenced US Politics and Foreign Relations . Just what were the political theories that the United States harbored prior to the September 11 attacks ? Have any of these political theories had any pertinent ramifications or implications to the events ? If so , could a different set of theories and paradigms prevented the occurrence of the attacks

According to Louis Klarevas , an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the City University of New York , the Bush Administration have been following and operating on a - more or less - realist framework prior to the events . Karl Rove - the former Deputy Chief of Staff to President Bush - on the other hand , contends that the United States has been very liberalist in their processes and that , he has criticized it saying that the liberals ' response to the events were weak and incompetent

Both individuals are quite true in their statements . The United States hegemonic status have , often times , forced them to adopt a realist framework for conducting foreign (as well as public ) relations Alternatively , the United States , due in part to their democratic principles , have also been a liberalist in their behavior and processes Truly , the United States share a distinct balance between realism and liberalism . The only question is , which one was more prevalent before the attacks occurred

Upon the destruction of the Berlin Wall in 1989 , the United States was fazed with a new realization : that they were the only Hegemonic State left in the world and that they would be the impetus for almost every event happening in the International Community...