Original title: Western media article: American interventionism has come to an end
Reference News Network reported on September 10 that the website of the Royal El Cano Institute of Spain published an article entitled "the retreat of the west" on September 7. The author is Andres Ortega. The article said that the "9.11" terrorist attacks opened a new era of American interventionism. However, 20 years later, the American interventionist national construction policy went extinct. The full text is excerpted as follows:
Former US President George W. Bush took office in the White House in January 2001. His main policy agenda is isolationism dominated in the unipolar era. The "9.11" terrorist attack in that year made him wake up from the strategic rest between the United States and the West. Driven by the influential neoconservatives in the government, he opened a new era of American interventionism, promoted the change of multinational regimes, such as the Taliban regime in Afghanistan and Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq, and tried to "transform the countries in the Middle East".
Twenty years after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, incumbent President Biden ended the long war in Afghanistan and an era of major military operations aimed at reshaping other countries. This means that the interventionist national construction policy is dying out.
After 20 years, the fight against terrorism has withdrawn from its core position compared with network competition, space competition and technology competition.
In addition to withdrawing from Afghanistan, the United States is further reducing its presence in Iraq. In July, the United States decided to stop participating in military operations in Iraq by December 31 and focus on providing training and logistics services for Iraqi forces. Trump has withdrawn most US troops from Somalia. France is also withdrawing its troops from Mali and the entire Sahel region.