Format:
XI, 549 S.
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graph. Darst.
ISBN:
9280811282
Content:
"The Iraq war was a multiple assault on the foundations and rules of the existing UN-centered world order. It called into question the adequacy of the existing institutions for articulating global norms and enforcing compliance with the demands of the international community. It highlighted also the unwillingness of some key countries to wait until definitive proof before acting to meet the danger of the world's most destructive weapons falling into the hands of the world's most dangerous regimes. It was simultaneously a test of the UN's willingness and ability to deal with brutal dictatorships and a searching scrutiny of the nature and exercise of American power. The United States is the world's indispensable power, but the United Nations is the world's indispensable institution. The UN Security Council is the core of the international law enforcement system and the chief body for building, consolidating and using the authority of the international community. The United Nations has the primary responsibility to maintain international peace and security, and is structured to discharge this responsibility in a multipolar world where the major powers have permanent membership of the key collective security decision-making body, namely the UN Security Council. The emergence of the United States as the sole superpower after the end of the Cold War distorted the structural balance in the UN schema. The United Nations is the main embodiment of the principle of multilateralism and the principal vehicle for the pursuit of multilateral goals. The United States has global power, soft as well as hard; the United Nations is the fount of international authority. Progress towards a world of a rules-based, civilized international order requires that US force be put to the service of lawful international authority. This book examines these major normative and structural challenges from a number of different perspectives.--Publisher's description."--From source other than the Library of Congress
Note:
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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pt. 1. Framing the issues.Iraq's challenge to world order
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Lines in the sand : the United Nations in Iraq, 1980-2001
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International peace and security and state sovereignty : contenting norms and norm entrepreneurs
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world says no : the global movement against war in Iraq
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Iraq and world order : a Turkish perspective
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Iran's assessment of the Iraq crisis and the post-9/11 international order
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Iraq crisis and world order : an Israeli perspective
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Egypt and the Iraq war
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Reactions in the Muslim world to the Iraq conflict
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Baghdad to Baghdad : the United Kingdom's odyssey
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Explaining France's opposition to the war against Iraq
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Iraq and world order : a German perspective
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Avoiding a strategic failure in the aftermath of the Iraq war : partnership in peacebuilding
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Iraq and world order : a Latin American perspective
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Iraq and world order : a Pakistani perspective
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Iraq and world order : a perspective on NATO's relevance
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Iraq crisis and world order : a perspective from the European Union
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Quicksand? : the United Nations in Iraq, 2001-2005
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Legitimacy as an assessment of existing legal standards : the case of the 2003 Iraq war
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multinational action in Iraq and international law
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Iraq and the social logic of international security
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Justifying the Iraq war as a humanitarian intervention : the cure is worse than the disease
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responsibility to protect and the war on Saddam Hussein
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Post-war relations between occupying powers and the United Nations
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"Common enemies" : the United States, Israel and the world crisis
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Enth. 31 Beitr.
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
Weltordnung
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Golfkrieg
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Irak
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Internationale Politik
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Geschichte 2003-2006
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Golfkrieg
;
Weltordnung
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