International Politics of Multinational Forces Dispatch in Iraq War: Focusing on ‘Alliance Relationship’ and ‘Security Orientation’

Abstract

The Iraq war led by the United States in 2003 was a war that failed to secure a UN Security Council resolution. As a result, countries that were asked to send multinational forces from the United States had difficulty in dispatch policy processes. This study paid attention to ‘alliance relationship’ and ‘security orientation’ as determinants of multinational forces dispatch policy. In addition, empirical case analysis was conducted on Japan, Korea, Canada, and Germany, which were requested to dispatch multinational forces during the Iraq War. As a result of the analysis, the alliance relationship factor determined whether countries would participate in multinational forces dispatch, and the security orientation factor determined the actual aspect of multinational forces dispatch.