Contributor
Thakur, Ramesh, 1948-
Imprint:Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c2006.
Descriptionxi, 549 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:PT. 1. FRAMING THE ISSUES: Iraq's challenge to world order / Ramesh Thakur, Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu -- Lines in the sand : the United Nations in Iraq, 1980-2001 / David M. Malone, James Cockayne -- PT. 2. STRUCTURAL AND NORMATIVE CHALLENGES: The unipolar concert : unipolarity and multilateralism in the age of globalization / Mohammed Ayoob, 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, Thomas G. Weiss -- Baghdad to Baghdad : the United Kingdom's odyssey / A.J.R. Groom, Sally Morphet -- Explaining France's opposition to the war against Iraq / Jean-Marc Coicaud, with Hélčne 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, Yozo Yokota -- Iraq and world order : a Latin American perspective / Mónica Serrano, 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, 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, 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, Cyrus Samii.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:"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
