A Study Of The Trump's Administration Middle East Security Strategy

Today's world has entered “Great Changes Unseen in a Century”.The Trump's Administration not only continued the later strategic contraction and shift of strategic focus to the Asia-Pacific region of the Obama's Administration,but also accelerated the pace of strategic contraction and shift.In the Middle East,the Trump's Administration had implemented many challenging security policies,which have exacerbated the turmoil and unrest in the Middle East.However,behind its “Crazy”policies,there is a systematic strategic cycle chain,which forms the Trump Administration's Middle East Security Strategy.The core elements of Trump Administration's Middle East Security Strategy include Strategic Environment,Strategic Concepts,Strategic Goals and Strategic Means.The Strategic Environment includes three levels: global,Middle East and American domestic.That is,strategic competition among big powers,interweaving of hot issues and demands of domestic interests.The Strategic Concepts include Unilateralism,Pragmatism and Power Politics: Unilateralism is based on “America First”,the antagonism of national interests,expressed the Trump Administration's characteristics of “Doing its own way”;Pragmatism is based on "principled realism",emphasizes the result-oriented pragmatism philosophy,and pursues calculations with immediate benefits and low-cost high-yield;Power politics is based on “seeking for peace with strength”.On the basis of the duality of power,it emphasizes that power is power,and military power is the key to deterrence.The Strategic Goals include eliminating the threat of terrorism,Containing Iran,and Consolidating the system of allies.The Strategic Means used to achieve strategic goals include political,military and economic means.The characteristics of the Trump Administration's Middle East Security Strategy include contraction and challenge.The contraction is manifested in the establishment of political alliances and high-value weapons and equipment transactions with the Gulf Arab countries;The challenge is manifested in the simple force of counter terrorism;The more terrorism is.The essence of the Trump Administration's Middle East Security Strategy is to create a balance of power in the Middle East under the US rule in the context of the contraction of the Middle East strategy.The contraction is shown in the withdrawal of military forces from the Middle East,the practicability is shown in the absence of ideology,and the passivity is shown in the breakthrough of traditional sensitive issues.The essence of Trump Administration's Middle East Security Strategy is to create a balance of power in the Middle East under the rule of the United States.The Trump administration's Middle East Security Strategy will have a significant impact on the domestic politics and future diplomatic strategies of the United States,as well as the security situation in the Middle East and the future world order.