The Islamist terrorism and the reaction of the USA

The article gives a brief analysis of the activities of the United States and its allies against the backdrop of growing tensions in the world. The political and military situation in the region of the Near and Middle East, as well as in several states of North Africa, is rapidly deteriorating in recent months. The Islamists continue their offensive against secular political structures, trying to establish by force of arms rules that conform to the norms of radical Islamism. The problem of countering Islamist terrorism continues to be the most discussed issue in the countries of Europe and Asia. During his pre-election campaign Donald Trump said that if he wins the election, the US will actively cooperate with Russia in the military and political sphere to defeat the "Islamic State" and stop funding terrorists. However, in April 2017, the United States struck a missile strike at the airbase of the Syrian air force, calling it a “proportional response” to the chemical attack in Idlib, for which the Syrian regime should be responsible. A similar evolution in the position of the United States is observed with regard to Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. Neither the US nor its allies have learned the lesson from the failures of their foreign policy that followed the military operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria. Nevertheless, Washington is forced to seek a way out of the impasse into which he has driven himself. But time has changed. Earlier Washington demanded that they officially recognize the Constitution of the IRA, renounce violence and break off relations with foreign terrorist groups. Now at the end of September 2018 the new American adviser for Afghanistan announced the US readiness to negotiate with the Taliban without any preconditions. Such information seems to inspire hope. However, in any case, there is hardly any hope for positive changes in the nearest future. The US is not going to leave Afghanistan so quickly after 17 years of a bloody war.