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March 19, 2013

After Iraq, World No Longer in Awe of U.S.

Andrew Hammond, Toronto Star

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In the run-up to and aftermath of the Iraq War, favourability toward the United States, which had spiked upward after 9/11, went into free fall in many countries. This and the accompanying rise of anti-Americanism is important because it has undercut U.S. soft power and thereby reduced Washington’s ability to promote its interests overseas, and indeed those of its allies.

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TAGGED: United States, Iraq, Middle East

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