Force and Legitimacy in World Politics

Introduction

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ID11425718
AuthorsDavid Armstrong (0000-0003-3652-9662), David A Armstrong (0000-0002-9358-2489, corresponding author), Theo Farrell (0000-0002-2952-3783)
Year2005
Volume31
IssueS1
Pages3-13
Publication date2005-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReview of International Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0260-2105 • E-ISSN: 1469-9044
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0260210505006893
OpenAlexW1976266247
LanguageEN
Citations received5

This volume was produced in the context of the crisis of legitimacy that occasioned the 2003 Iraq War. As is well known, a bitter feud broke out in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) over the legality of using force against Iraq. The US government justified going to war in the context of a new doctrine of preventive use of force for self-defence – a doctrine that was soon named after President George W. Bush. The British government anchored its case for war in two previous UNSC resolutions; res. 678 which originally authorised use of force against Iraq in the 1990–91 Gulf War, and res. 687 which suspended res. 678 on a number of conditions including the disarming of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction (WMD) stockpiles, facilities and programmes. Both the US and British positions were underpinned by intelligence, subsequently proved to be flawed, that Iraq had failed to get rid of its WMD. Opponents of the war disputed this intelligence and, moreover, argued that the Bush Doctrine was plain illegal and ridiculed the British idea of resurrecting twelve-year-old UNSC resolutions

Context (archaeology · Doctrine · Feud · Government (linguistics · International law · Iraq war · Legitimacy · Political science · Politics · Principle of legality · Spanish Civil War · Use of force · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · History · International Law and Human Rights · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Philosophy

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