从伊拉克战争看美国中东战略之变化及战后中东格局

伊拉克战争是海湾战争后中东地区最重要的政治事件，它标志着美国中东战略正在发生重大转折．当前的美国领导层对美国在中东地区利益的认识发生了很大变化，意识形态色彩更为浓厚，推行民主成为关系到美安全核心利益．伊战打破了中东地区原有的力量平衡，战后的中东格局面临新一轮重组．

The Iraq War: The Change in American Middle East Strategy and its Implications for the Post-war Regional Configuration

The Iraq War is the most important political event in the Middle East since the first Gulf War, which represents the great change that has been taking place in the American Middle East Strategy. The current American administration views its interests in the region quite differently from the past, whose Middle East policy is much more motivated by the ideology. Therefore, the promotion of democracy has been considered the core interests that are vital to the security of the United States. The Iraq War has broken the balance of power in the Middle East, and the whole region in the post-war period is facing a new round of reformulation.