Evliya Çelebi Siyasal Bilimler Dergisi

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After World War II, communism led by Soviet Russia emerged as the main threat to the West led by the USA.
Two rival ideologies have struggled in many different parts of the world, from Eastern Europe to Korea, from
Africa to South Asia. One of the places where this struggle is most intense is the Middle East. In order to prevent
Soviet Russia from taking the place of Britain, which lost its influence in the region with the Suez Crisis of 1956,
the USA began to increase its influence in the region. It gained significant influence over the states in the region
by using the threat of communism. In order not to lose the wealth in the region, it always kept the options of
military intervention on the table, especially in the Gulf region, against situations that were against its interests.
The absence of the Soviet threat with the collapse of the Eastern Bloc in 1989 was a turning point in terms of
USA policies, and it believed that there had to be a threat in the region in order to continue its presence. This
threat was soon created and called Radical Islam. Believing that there was a legitimate reason to intervene in the
region with the events of September 11, 2001, the USA increased its military presence in the region and
intervened in Iraq and Afghanistan. It has fought against political Islam, which gained strength with the "Arab
Spring" that started in 2011 and affected the region, and has further developed its relations with the monarchies
in the Gulf