International Journal on Criminology Volume 6, Number 2, Winter 2018/Spring 2019 | Page 76

International Journal on Criminology • Volume 6, Number 2 • Winter 2018 / Spring 2019
The Greater Middle East: A Thirty Years' War
Richard Labévière
Journalist, writer, and editor-in-chief of the online magazine prochetmoyenorient.ch.
Latest publication: Terrorisme, Face Cachée de la Mondialisation
[Terrorism: The Hidden Face of Globalization] (Paris: Editions Pierre-
Guillaume de Roux, 2016).
Abstract
Following the attacks on September 11, 2001, and in particular between
2003 and 2004, the United States unleashed a series of wars
in the Middle East and Central Asia that were intended to advance
its economic interests and re-establish imperial hegemony. Targeting
New York and Washington, the attacks by Osama bin Laden’s
Al-Qaeda were a trigger for this series of American interventions,
akin to the way the Defenestration of Prague on May 23, 1618 led
the Holy Roman Empire into a Thirty Years’ War.
Keywords: Middle East, Westphalia Treaty, Al Qaeda, Bin Laden,
USA, ISIS, Russia, Turkey, Syria, Afghanistan
El gran Medio Oriente: una Guerra de Treinta Años
Resumen
Tras los ataques del 11 de septiembre de 2001 y, en particular, entre
2003 y 2004, Estados Unidos desató una serie de guerras en
Oriente Medio y Asia Central destinadas a promover sus intereses
económicos y restablecer la hegemonía imperial. Los ataques de
Al-Qaeda de Osama bin Laden, dirigidos a Nueva York y Washington,
fueron un desencadenante de esta serie de intervenciones estadounidenses,
similar a la forma en que la Defenestración de Praga
el 23 de mayo de 1618 llevó al Sacro Imperio Romano a una Guerra
de Treinta Años.
Palabras clave: Medio Oriente, Tratado de Westfalia, Al Qaeda,
Bin Laden, EE. UU., ISIS, Rusia, Turquía, Siria, Afganistán
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doi: 10.18278/ijc.6.2.8