Beyond preemption : force and legitimacy in a changing world / Ivo H. Daalder, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Daalder, Ivo H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intervention (International law).

Security, International.

Humanitarian intervention.

War (International law).

National security--United States.

National security.

United States--Military policy.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Makes proposals for how to forge a new international consensus on the use of force, including its preemptive use, to address today's interrelated threats of terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, and humanitarian crises. Considers how these strategies could be best legitimized and made palatable to domestic and international communities"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Beyond preemption : an overview / Ivo H. Daalder

Weapons of mass destruction and the use of force / James B. Steinberg

Military force against terrorism : questions of legitimacy, dilemmas of efficacy / Bruce W. Jentleson

The evolution of humanitarian intervention and the responsibility to protect / Susan E. Rice and Andrew J. Loomis

What the world thinks / Anne E. Kramer

Appendix A: The responsibility to protect : report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (2001)

Appendix B: National security strategy of the United States of America (2002)

Appendix C: Report of the UN Secretary-General's High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change (2005)

Appendix D: In larger freedom : towards development, security, and human rights for all (2005)

Appendix E: National security strategy of the United States of America (2006).

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611029616

9781281029614

1281029610

9780815716860

0815716869

OCLC:

173666835