A Cultural Analysis Of The Bush Doctrine

In the context of globalization, almost all countries are inextricably combined together in one way or another. As a superpower, every move of the U.S. will catch the world's attention, especially its foreign policy. When George Walker Bush took office in 2001, he changed the implementation of President Clinton's multilateralism and upheld the unilateral foreign policy, which had a huge impact on the relationships between the United States and its traditional allies, and as well that with China, and the U.S. position and image in the international community. So a series of policies and their implementations are labeled as the Bush Doctrine.The Bush Doctrine is a phrase used to describe various related foreign policy principles of former United States president George W. Bush. The phrase initially described the policy that the United States had the right to secure itself against countries that harbor or give aid to terrorist groups, which was used to justify the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan. In fact, it is considered as a policy of spreading democracy around the world, especially in the Middle East, as a strategy for combating terrorism, and a willingness to pursue U.S. military interests unilaterally to defend the United States and the American people, and their interests at home and abroad by identifying and destroying the threat before it reaches their borders.Many scholars both in China and the United States have done deep research on the Bush doctrine mainly from the nature of the Bush Doctrine and its impact on the U.S.foreign policy, as well as neo-conservatives'influence on the Bush doctrine. Few people have made an analysis of the formation of the Bush Doctrine from the perspectives of the ideological and cultural values. The important source of U.S. foreign policy is the"mission concept","savior"and the"racial superiority"in cultural values in the United States. Therefore, this thesis tries to analyze the Bush Doctrine mainly from the perspective of cultural values.The author believes that the Bush Doctrine can be implemented successfully, not only because of their real needs, but also cultural values and ideology deeply rooted in the Americans. The United States is a country with firm faith. It is always advocating liberalism, so the liberalism has greatly influenced its foreign policies. Americans self-proclaim their county as a "city upon a hill", the only country on earth chosen by God which has the duty to save the people of the other countries out of misery. The values of"American exceptionalism"and"Christian mission perspective"are deeply rooted in American culture and have a powerful influence on the formulation and implementation of its foreign policy.