Iraq Crisis And World Order The Structural Institutional And Normative Challenges Ramesh Thakur And Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu Eds by Ramesh Thakur And Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu (eds.) 9789280811285, 9280811282 instant download after payment.

The Iraq war was a multiple assault on the foundations and rules of the existing UN-centred 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 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 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.