In twenty four pages George W. Bush's perspective and the concept of nation building are examined in terms of the U.S. attempts in Haiti, Somalia, and Kosovo. Fifteen sources are cited in the bibliography.
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particularly since the terrorist attacks. The George W. Bush administration is entrenched in foreign policy in part because of 9/11 and in part because the twenty-first century contains an unfamiliar
world order. That is, things have changed over the decades and the new world order mandates both watchful waiting and peacemaking. Things are not quite as simple as when the
Soviet Union made up the bulk of the second world. Today, there are complex international conflicts as well as conflicts that exist within nations. Nation building to some extent
may be linked to the Current Bush National Security Strategy as a need to ensure U.S. security. It is also at the top of the list in order to stop
failed states from being taken over by terrorists. Indeed, today, the U.S. is the worlds police force even though the government gives lip service to the contrary. While the U.S.
is to some extent isolationist, it does provide a great deal of help to nations that seem to need it. The question that looms large is, does nation
building really work? It seems that the answer is that nation building works under several conditions and circumstances. The question will not likely yield a yes or no answer, but
rather, the quest is to find out when it works. Where has it worked? Where will it work? Although to some extent nation building is desirable, the answers to the
queries are not easily accomplished. It is a rather complex issue. In trying to discern the answers, it pays to look at the concept of nation building and to relevant
theories about U.S. foreign policy. Ottaway (2002) explains that some time ago, nations had been forged through what the author terms "blood and iron," but today, the world wants