The Iraq crisis and world order : structural, institutional and normative challenges / edited by Ramesh Thakur and Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thakur, Ramesh, 1948-

Sidhu, Waheguru Pal Singh.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

World politics--21st century.

World politics.

Physical Description:

xi, 549 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, [2006]

Summary:

"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

Contents:

pt. 1. Framing the issues. Iraq's challenge to world order / Ramesh Thakur and Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu

Lines in the sand : the United Nations in Iraq, 1980-2001 /David M. Malone and James Cockayne

pt. 2. Structural and normative challenges. The unipolar concert : unipolarity and multilateralism in the age of globalization / Mohammed Ayoob and Matthew Zierler

International peace and security and state sovereignty : contenting norms and norm entrepreneurs /Brian L. Job

The world says no : the global movement against war in Iraq / David Cortright

pt. 3. Perspectives from within the region. Iraq and world order : a Lebanese perspective / Latif Abul-Husn

Iraq and world order : a Turkish perspective / Ayla Göl

Iran's assessment of the Iraq crisis and the post-9/11 international order / Anoushiravan Ehteshami

The Iraq crisis and world order : an Israeli perspective / Mark A. Heller

Egypt and the Iraq war / Ibrahim A Karawan

Reactions in the Muslim world to the Iraq conflict / Amin Saikal

pt. 4. External actor perspectives. The United States and the United Nations in light of wars on terrorism and Iraq / Jane Boulden and Thomas G. Weiss

Baghdad to Baghdad : the United Kingdom's odyssey / A.J.R. Groom and Sally Morphet

Explaining France's opposition to the war against Iraq / Jean-Marc Coicaud, with Hélène Gandois and Lysette Rutgers

Iraq and world order : a German perspective / Ekaterina Stepanova

Avoiding a strategic failure in the aftermath of the Iraq war : partnership in peacebuilding / Chiyuki Aoi and Yozo Yokota

Iraq and world order : a Latin American perspective / Mónica Serrano and Paul Kenny

Iraq and world order : a Pakistani perspective / Hasan-Askari Rizvi

Iraq and world order : a perspective on NATO's relevance / Fred Tanner

The Iraq crisis and world order : a perspective from the European Union / Luis Martinez

Quicksand? : the United Nations in Iraq, 2001-2005 / David M. Malone and James Cockayne

pt. 5. International legal and doctrinal issues. The war in Iraq as illegal and illegitimate / David Krieger

Legitimacy as an assessment of existing legal standards : the case of the 2003 Iraq war / Charlotte Ku

The multinational action in Iraq and international law / Ruth Wedgwood

Iraq and the social logic of international security / Jean-Marc Coicaud

Justifying the Iraq war as a humanitarian intervention : the cure is worse than the disease / Nicholas J. Wheeler and Justin Morris

The responsibility to protect and the war on Saddam Hussein / Ramesh Thakur

Post-war relations between occupying powers and the United Nations / Simon Chesterman

"Common enemies" : the United States, Israel and the world crisis / Tarak Barkawa

pt. 6. Conclusion. Structural and normative challenges / James Cockayne and Cyrus Samii.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9280811282

9789280811285

OCLC:

70149273