![]() ![]() soil since Septemand simultaneously helping many countries make significant social, political, and economical gains, there remains a school of thought that U.S. foreign policy has prevented another large-scale terrorist attack on U.S. decisions about where and for what purpose to commit taxpayer dollars, risk American lives and enhance the U.S.’s strategic competence to prevail in future kinetic conflicts, particularly against authoritarian powers and transnational terrorist groups. Lastly, this paper will recommend policies that would improve the U.S. administration policies that have entrenched the nation in prolonged wars against terrorism and undercut the prospects of ending the conflicts responsibly over the last two decades. Using Afghanistan as a case study, this paper identifies the inconsistencies, contradictions, gaps, and poor policy implementations of various U.S. objectives while engaged in regional conflicts of terrorism. post-Cold War foreign policy has largely been unsuccessful in achieving U.S. in protracted wars on terror and hindered its ability to secure its own interests in these conflicts. Instead, the lack of success has been far more due to shortcomings of U.S. Nor has it been due to insufficient expenditure of resources, nor to a lack of war-fighting experience. The United States’ inability to achieve its desired definition of success in its missions against terrorism has not been due to challenges by more powerful and strategically savvy enemies. from achieving its envisioned outcomes of defeating terrorism and reshaping fragile regions in its own image. war on terror policies over the last twenty years have repeatedly prevented the U.S. Unfortunately, the shortcomings of the U.S. These missions would cost nearly $5.4 trillion and approximately 15,000 American lives. foreign policy focus shifted to combatting and defeating terrorism, predominantly in the Middle East and Africa. However, after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, U.S. ![]() advanced its interests to promote democratic governance and free market economies, foster individual freedom, and protect human rights. with unparalleled freedom to indulge in well-intended global missions to shape the world without seemingly incurring significant risks or consequences. The resulting military superiority, lack of rivals, and vast wealth provided the U.S. The dissolution of the Soviet Union effectively ended the Cold War and left the United States as the most powerful, secure, and prosperous nation in the world.
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