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1 Jeniffer Palomino POS 2041 POS 2041 Assessment Four Question 1 President Joe Biden assumed office on January 20th, and after a month and few days into his regime. The President authorized his first military attack on Iranian militia groups based in Syria. Sources from the White House attributed the attack to self-defense and as a warning against Iran’s persistence support of militia. The authorized attack was directed as a facility/infrastructure situated in Eastern Syria used by non-state militia groups, Iran-supported (Goodman, 2021). While the United States has justified its actions for launching the attack, there are critics from Iran, Syria, and other foreign nations that have raised questions regarding the legal basis of Biden’s authorization to carry out the strike. The justification of the United States launching attack ties on the charges that the Biden administration is holding against the Syrian-based Iranian militia for their threat. In February, the US government claimed that the group launched a rocket attack in northern Iraq that wounded American troops and killed a civilian contractor (Goodman, 2021). Therefore, the US government maintains that the strike should be considered a retaliatory attack that is perfectly legal despite facing numerous oppositions. The US further justifies its attack by citing that its U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield drafted a letter to the United Nation Security Council stating that the US acted in self-defense with what the U.N. Charter stipulates. The United States received a negative response from Iran. The attack involved Iranian militias considering the attack comes slightly over a year after the killing of Qassem Soleimani,
2 an Iranian General, in January 2020. The Iranian government claimed that the militia group's attack was proportionate to the initial attack on the General, which appeared to have violated the requirements under the international law that a military force that is taken in self-defense should be proportional (BBC News, 2021). The US, through its Pentagon Press Secretary, responded to the claims by stating that the strike only meant to punish the militias and was not meant to escalate any tensions with Iran since the US is already seeking to renew the talks about the nuclear deal that was abandoned by the former President Donald Trump. Equally, a Syrian Observatory for the Human Rights, a United Kingdom monitoring group, condemned the attack. The Syrian group claims that the United States killed at least 22 fighters from a known mobilization force, an Iraqi umbrella group composed of Shia paramilitaries that comprises Kataib Hezbollah (BBC News, 2021). While these allegations could not be verified, Syrian President Bashar Assad did not give any response. However, the United States strike appeared to have killed some men who helped the Syrian government fight against an Islamic State group. Question 3 The World Trade Organization (WTO) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are two organizations with around 150 members. While the WTO primary focuses on international trading systems and the IMF centers on the international monetary and financial systems, the two work closely to guarantee a sound system for global trade and payments. One thing in common between the WTO and IMF is that the United States helped create and lead these organizations since an economic engagement with the rest of the world remains a significant role in the United States economic restoration (Johnson, 2020). Therefore, the United States government must
3 participate effectively in promoting the two organizations and other multi-lateral trade rapport to improve its relationship with the entire world. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was established in the aftermath of the Great Depression to ensure that it encourages stability in global financial markets. The United States should be at the forefront of promoting the entity since nearly all nations are members of the organization. Still, the United States accounts as the most significant cumulative contributor to the organization at $155 billion. Besides, the United States tops as the largest voting bloc in matters to do with the organization, holding adequate veto power for numerous decisions (Johnson, 2020). Ever since the IMF's support following the 2008 financial crisis, the United States remains at the forefront of surveillance. Lending and technical assistance of the organization contributing to good multi-lateral trade relationship all over the world. Conversely, United States membership and support for the World Trade Organization (WTO) has experienced pressures and frustration in the recent past. China “economic imperialism,” hyper globalization, and ostensibly broken world trading systems have provoked tough calls for the US to withdraw from the World Trade Organization (Johnson, 2020). However, such a move would have disastrous implications if the nation decides to exit from the organization. In case the United States decides to pull out of the organization that it played a role in building, the consequences would be so terrible as it will be a disadvantage on the United States multi-lateral trade relationships with other countries in the organization. Failing to promote and participate in both the World Trade Organization and International Monetary Fund will result in the United States being discriminated against for the United States goods and services with no restrictions. Aspects such as tariffs would almost definitely rise, and the export market would end up shrinking (Johnson, 2020). In the meantime, other countries
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