Abstract
In the Post – Cold war era the global patterns of statecraft, foreign policy, diplomacy, terrorism, geo-politics,
conflict and violence have not only grown more destructive but out of hand. This study aims to question the
categories that shaped our modernity and its relation to power and existence. Capitalists as a viable
economic system and emergence of America as a unipole accelerated promotion of ‘democracy’ as an
essential ingredient of American foreign policy. The terrorist attacks of 9/11 and perception of Bush
administration about authoritative structures in the Muslim world, particularly Middle East as underlying
causes of terrorism resulted in the changed trajectory of American policy. Obama administration’s
insistence on democratization accelerated this shift towards political pluralism in the region.
