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The Iraq Crisis And World Order: Structural, Institutional, And Normative Challenges

By Ramesh Chandra Thakur , Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu

Book information

Year
2006
ISBN
9280811282, 9789280811285, 9781429441681
Open Library ID
OL9128222M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2740368 bytes)
Pages
568\563
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The Iraq war was a multiple assault on the foundations and rules of the existing UN-centred 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 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 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.

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