Governing The Use-of-force In International Relations: The Post 9/11 Us Challenge On International Law (new Security Challenges)

Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Warren, Aiden, author. New security challenges : the post 9/11 US challenge on international law / Aiden Warren, Ingvild Bode. pages cm Summary: "This book examines US recourse to military force in the post-9/11 era. In particular, it evaluates the extent to which the Bush and Obama administrations viewed legitimizing the greater use-of-force as a necessary solution to thwart the security threat presented by global terrorist networks and WMD proliferation. The Bush administration's use-of-force policy centered on advocating preemptive self-defence options, which were really preventive in nature. For example, it is argued that they responded to potential long-term threats based on ambiguous evidence. Central to this cloaking of preventive options in the more legitimate language of preemptive self-defence was an expanded notion of what counts as an imminent threat. Despite the Obama administration's avowal to multilateralism and professed US adherence to global norms, it did not expressly reject his predecessor's reasoning on the preemptive/preventive use-of-force. Indeed, the Administration's counter-terrorist campaign against Al Qaeda and in particular its drone program made the use-of-force in self-defence a widespread, regular, even commonplace occurrence during Obama's tenure. Despite being positioned at different points on the political spectrum, the book therefore concludes that Bush and Obama have chosen a remarkably similar approach towards expanding the use-of-force in self-defence." -Provided by publisher. Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction....Pages 1-8 The International Legal Paradigm: The UN Charter jus ad bellum Regime....Pages 9-22 Self-Defense in International Law: Preemptive/Preventive Requisites....Pages 23-45 Preventive and Preemptive Self-Defense in US National Security Policy: A Brief History....Pages 46-59 Bush and the Use-of-Force....Pages 60-81 Obama and the Use-of-Force....Pages 82-106 The Rise of Drones....Pages 107-133 Conclusion: the Use-of-Force and the Making of Hegemonic International Law — From Bush to Obama....Pages 134-152 Back Matter....Pages 153-234