America First와 Dar al-Islam 간 중동 패권 경쟁과 중동평화

Hegemonic Competition between America First and Dar al-Islam in Middle East and Middle East Peace

America First policy of the Trump government and Dar al-Islam of Iran and IS are ideologies and policies based on a dichotomous philosophy. These two ideologies and policies are clashing politically, economically and militarily in the Middle East. Within Dar al-Islam, there is a conflict between Iran, the Shia state, and IS, Sunni political Islamic group. This phenomenon is not explained as a clash of civilization nor is it explained by the struggle of ideology between capitalism and communism in the Cold War. In this paper, I argue that the collision between A.F, which is the expression of American centrism since the Trump administration took place in the United States, and Dar al-Islam, is not a clash of civilizations based on religion, nor a conflict between capitalism and communism. Maybe, it is a kind of conflict of interest. Therefore, it is still a rash judgment to interpret the clashes in the Middle East as the new Cold War of the Middle East . America First and Dar al-Islam are a kind of extremism, and a dispute in the Middle East that such extremism exists is inevitable. Peace in the Middle East will be determined by the decline of extremism.