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Dr. Iqbal Sonaullah
Volume 4 Issue 1 | Jun 2021
DOI: 10.31841/KJSSH.2021.2
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The impulsive U.S withdrawal from Syria cultivated uncertainty among Middle Eastern countries which have, over the years, relied on sustained transatlantic military support. This feeling of abandonment – aided by the heightened threats to regime survival by alternate regional powers – triggered a subtle, yet significant, foreign policy reform altering many conventional alliances. Scholarly debates addressing the motive of foreign interventions, especially in the Syria and Afghanistan, have sought a return to offshore balancing. This analytical dimension elucidates the principle of self-interest that drives foreign interventions; but these debates neglect that such interventions destabilize the socio-political harmony in the host countries. In that context, this paper aims to critically examine foreign interventions in Middle East. The paper investigates how the overreliance of Middle Eastern countries on their foreign masters’ paves way for offshore balancing which leads to further hostility in the region. The paper will adopt Critical Discourse Analysis method to research the substance. Keywords: US Intervention, Offshore Balancing, Middle East, U.S Troop