book review

Introduction

background on the US Iraq invasion

background on the rise of terrorism in the Gulf region

thesis statement: the US invasion in Iraq proliferated terrorist activity in the region which in turn damaged diplomatic relations between Iraq and the GCC and aggravated ethno-sectarian fragmentation in some GCC countries, and expended the territory for terrorist activity a

The impact of the invasion on terrorist activity in the Gulf

the Iraqi power vacuum in the aftermath of the invasion

political decentralization and terrorism proliferation

The impact of the terrorist activity on sectarian tensions in the GCC

sectarianism in Bahrain and Kuwait

The impact of terrorist activity in deterioration diplomatic relation

The conflict between Iraqi Shi’ite and KSA and Qatar

Iraq Shi’ite and Bahrain political sovereignty

Conclusion.

Work Cited

Harrow, Martin. “The Effect of the Iraq War on Islamist Terrorism in the West.”  Cooperation and Conflict, vol. 45, no. 3, Sept. 2010, pp. 274–93, doi:10.1177/0010836710377486.

Mother Jones. “The Iraq Effect: The War in Iraq and Its Impact on the War on Terrorism – Pg. 4.”  Mother Jones, Mar. 2007, www.motherjones.com/politics/2007/03/iraq-effect-war-iraq-and-its-impact-war-terrorism-pg-4/.

Thrall, Trevor, and Erik Goepner. “Step Back: Lessons for U.S. Foreign Policy from the Failed War on Terror.”  Cato Institute, 6 Feb. 2018, www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/step-back-lessons-us-foreign-policy-failed-war-terror.