Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Abstract
The domino feature of colorful revolutions in Eurasia is, on the one hand, derived from the backward consocietal structure of the countries in the Central Asia and Caucasus; and on the other hand, by American neo-conservative interventionist foreign policy, which is pursuing global democratization. Both of these play a part in the occurrence of these revolutions. Employing the concept of failed states, the author emphasizes that the regime change strategy, which is the main feature of US foreign policy, is aimed at both active global democratization and the overthrow of failed states that because of their structural weaknesses have given rise to fundamentalist terrorism. Soft and velvet revolutions are part of US programs for overthrowing those failed states that hitherto had to be toppled, using hard strategies.
Khalili,M. (2007). The Link between the Theory of Failed States with the Domino of Color Revolutions in Eurasia. International Studies Journal (ISJ), 4(2), 129-154.
MLA
Khalili,M. . "The Link between the Theory of Failed States with the Domino of Color Revolutions in Eurasia", International Studies Journal (ISJ), 4, 2, 2007, 129-154.
HARVARD
Khalili M. (2007). 'The Link between the Theory of Failed States with the Domino of Color Revolutions in Eurasia', International Studies Journal (ISJ), 4(2), pp. 129-154.
CHICAGO
M. Khalili, "The Link between the Theory of Failed States with the Domino of Color Revolutions in Eurasia," International Studies Journal (ISJ), 4 2 (2007): 129-154,
VANCOUVER
Khalili M. The Link between the Theory of Failed States with the Domino of Color Revolutions in Eurasia. ISJ, 2007; 4(2): 129-154.