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Medientyp:
E-Artikel
Titel:
Creed, Cabal, or Conspiracy – The Origins of the current Neo-Conservative Revolution in US Strategic Thinking
Beteiligte:
Afsah, Ebrahim
Erschienen:
Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2003
Erschienen in:
German Law Journal, 4 (2003) 9, Seite 901-923
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1017/s2071832200016527
ISSN:
2071-8322
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Beschreibung:
Americans usually start a presentation with a joke, Germans usually with an apology, Russians with a complaint, and Middle Easterners often with a conspiracy theory. There are many reasons why Middle Easterners have been more prone to conspiracies than others. The psychology of conspiracy is complex, and merits a separate treatment. But part of the answer must lie in the fact that for much of its modern history the Middle East has been at the mercy of external forces whose decisions were not only beyond the control of indigenous populations and elites, but moreover appeared unfathomable to those unfamiliar with the way political and strategic decisions are made in the West.