Analyzing representations of power after the publication of The Prince is a challenge to any researcher in the field, due to its many types of manifestations. The aim of the present article is to investigate the two doctrines that have been at the forefront of the military interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq: neoconservatism and interventionism. The analysis shall deal with a presentation of each of them, along with drawing references to the relations existent between decision-makers and the obvious impact these relations had on the usage of the doctrines. The intended purpose of these doctrines was to provide the state with sufficient legitimacy in pursuing a military intervention in the Middle East after the events of 9/11. The very rhetoric used in the construction of these doctrines, aimed at coalescing the public opinion of both countries, as well as the international community, is a good example of the military and political strength – in both cases, the limitations to their expression of power are quite visible, however, more visible in the British case.