NSS

The National Security Strategy was written to protect the U.S. from danger from the outside threat. The incident of September 11 shocked not only the United States, but the whole world that such unthinkable act of terrorism can occur anywhere; even inside the strongest country. The National Security Strategy also express that US is going to fight this war on terror and any nation that harbor terrorists will be punished as well. “America will help nations that need our assistance in combating terror. And America will hold to account nations that are compromised by terror, including those who harbor terrorists—because the allies of terror are the enemies of civilization (Bush, NSS).” In Bush’s address in the NSS, he informs that now that America is declaring war with terror, it would need aid from allied country. This is I believe on of the realists beliefs because Edward Carr states a similar statement. Politically, the doctrine of the identity of interests has commonly taken th...