The Evangelical Roots of American Unilateralism: The Christian Risht's Influence and How to counter it

Unilateralism is not a new phenomenon for Christian Right. Since the last decades, the pioneers of this movement began their persistent attempts in the United States, but new event is Christian Right’s closeness with power holders in the United States. It made its proponents among the most important political actors in the U.S. politics. Three factors have been very important in changing the Christian Right into a key actor: the election of a like-minded president that has close relations with Christian Right, the continued increase in the organizational power of the Christian Right’s masses and finally alliance between the Christian Right and neo-conservatives that have a determinant role in the incumbent U.S. administration. This article tries to investigate these factors, considering that the electoral capacity and decision-making power of the Christian Right has increased and this has resulted in improving the personal attitudes of the present President. It has expanded the phenomenon of unilateralism in the Christian Right.