The Iraq war has made the world further different and complex. It resulted in exposing the strategies of the hegemonic world leadership in the corporate sector, supported by the sole super power, the United States of America. The preparation, process and goals of the war had made it clear that the USA and her very limited allies were not really searching for the Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq. Rather, the fundamental political economy behind the aggression was the attempt to control the rich oil fields in Iraq. However, unlike the Gulf War I, the United States found too many European powers unwilling to support the expedition. Similarly, leading Third World Nations like India, Brazil and China expressed their objections to the war. The net experience of the war clearly revealed that unipolarism will not survive long and the United States will have to address the realities of the emerging multilateral system.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR G Gopa Kumar
Dr. G. Gopa Kumar (1951) is Professor and Head of the Department of Political Science and Hon. Director of V.K. Krishna Menon Study Centre for International Relations, University of Kerala. He joined teaching service in 1975 and specializes in the areas of Comparative Politics and International Politics. Dr. Gopa Kumar has published four books, besides ninety research articles. He is a recipient of numerous awards and fellowships: UGC Research Scientist (1989), UGC Cultural Exchange Programme in France (1990), International Visiting Fellow in USA (1996), Fulbright Scholar in USA (1998), Slazburg Fellow in Austria (1998), Shastri Fellow in Canada (2000) etc. He served in the visiting faculty of Claremont Graduate University, California USA (1998 and 2003) and University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada (2001) besides lecturing in various universities in North America. Dr. Gopa Kumar also serves as the State Coordinator for Kerala in the research activities organized by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi.
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