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Great Power Security, John C. Yoo, Robert J. Delahunty
Great Power Security, John C. Yoo, Robert J. Delahunty
John C Yoo
The change of administration in the US may have encouraged the belief that collective security will finally have its day. A conventional wisdom also seems to be emerging among many, if not most, academics in international law that the strengthening of the UN security system would advance international peace and security. Although the twenty-first century has brought radically different security threats from those that existed when the UN Charter was first written, many seem to believe that concentrating authority in the Security Council remains the most effective international legal process for the use of force. Resurrecting the formal UN Charter …
The 'Bush Doctrine': Can Preventive War Be Justified?, John C. Yoo, Robert J. Delahunty
The 'Bush Doctrine': Can Preventive War Be Justified?, John C. Yoo, Robert J. Delahunty
John C Yoo
We continue to live in a dangerous world. We are exposed to the risk that hostile states or terrorist groups with global reach might attack our civilian population or those of our allies using weapons of mass destruction. In such circumstances, it might seem natural for U.S. policymakers to consider preventive war as a possible tool for countering such threats. Yet in the current climate of opinion, such thinking would be controversial - in large part, no doubt, because of the continuing disputes over the normative, strategic, and legal wisdom of what has been called the “Bush Doctrine.” Preventive war, …