The security council's crisis of legitimacy and the use of force

International Politics

Volumn 44, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 214-231

  Morris, Justin ^a   Wheeler, Nicholas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRISIS MANAGEMENT; HEGEMONY; INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT; PEACEKEEPING; SECURITY;

EID: 33847147088     PISSN: 13845748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ip.8800185     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Annan, K.A. (2003) 'The Secretary General Address to the General Assembly, New York, 23 September 2003', www.un.org/webcast/ga/58/ statements/sg2eng030923.
2. Barber, B.R. (2003) Fear's Empire: War, Terrorism, and Democracy, New York: Norton.
3. Blair, T. (2004) 'Full Text: Tony Blair's Speech', http://politics.guardian.co.uk/iraq/story/0,1162991,00.html.
4. Blix, H. (2004) Disarming Iraq: The Search for Weapons of Mass Destruction, London: Bloomsbury.
5. Buchanan, A. and Keohane, R.O. (2004) 'The Preventive Use of Force: A Cosmopolitan Institutional Proposal', Ethics and International Affairs 18(1): 1-23.
6. Chesterman, S. (2001) Just War or Just Peace? Humanitarian Intervention and International Law, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
7. Clark, D. (2003) 'Iraq has Wrecked Our Case for Humanitarian Wars', The Guardian, August 12, www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/ 0,3604,1016573,00.html.
8. Clark, I. (2005) Legitimacy in International Society, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
9. Claude, I. (1966) 'Collective Legitimization as a Political Function of the United Nations', International Organization 20(3): 267-279.
10. Claude, I. (1984) Swords Into Plowshares: The Problems and Progress of International Organisation, New York: McGraw-Hill.
11. Evans, G. (2004) 'When is it Right to Fight', Survival 46(3): 59-83.
12. Fassbender, B. (1998) UN Security Council Reform and the Right of Veto: A Constitutional Perspective, The Hague: Kluwer Law International.
13. Feinstein, L. and Slaughter, A.-M. (2004) 'A Duty to Prevent', Foreign Affairs 83(1): 136-150.
14. Franck, T. (1990) The Power of Legitimacy Among Nations, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
15. Frum, D. and Perle, R. (2003) An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror, New York: Random House.
16. Glennon, M. (2003) 'Why the Security Council Failed', Foreign Affairs 82(3): 16-35.
17. Goodrich, L.M. and Hambro, E. (1949) Charter of the United Nations: Commentary and Documents, Boston: World Peace Foundation.
18. Hassner, P. (2002) 'Definitions, Doctrines and Divergences', The National Interest 69(Fall): 30-34.
19. Hendrickson, D.C. (2002) 'Toward Universal Empire: The Dangerous Quest for Absolute Security', World Policy Journal 19(3): 1-10.
20. Henkin, L. (1979) How Nations Behave: Law and Foreign Policy, New York: Columbia University Press.
21. Ikenberry, J.G. (2001) After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint and the Rebuilding of Order after Major War, Princeton: Princeton University Press.
22. Ikenberry, J.G. (2002) 'America's Imperial Ambition', Foreign Affairs 84(5): 44-60.
23. Jackson, R. (2000) The Global Covenant: Human Conduct in a World of States, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
24. Jervis, R. (2006) 'The Remaking of a Unipolar World', Washington Quarterly 29(3): 7-19.
25. Johnstone, I. (2003) 'Security Council Deliberations: The Power of the Better Argument', European Journal of International Law 14(3): 437-480.
26. Kagan, R. (2004) 'Renewing US Legitimacy', Foreign Affairs 83(2): 65-88.
27. Kaplan, L.F. and Kristol, W. (2003) The War over Iraq: Saddam's Tyranny and America's Mission, San Francisco: Encounter Books.
28. Kissinger, H. (1977) A World Restored: The Politics of Conservatism in a Revolutionary Era, London: Victor Gollancz.
29. Lowe, V. (2003) 'The Iraq Crisis: What Now?' International and Comparative Law Quarterly 52(4): 859-871.
30. Malone, D.M. (2006) The International Struggle Over Iraq: Politics in the UN Security Council 1980-2005, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
31. Morris, J. (2000) 'UN Security Council Reform: A Counsel for the 21st Century', Security Dialogue 31(3): 265-277.
32. Morris, J. (2005) 'Law, Power and Force in an Unbalanced World', in R. Burchill, N.D. White and J. Morris (eds.) International Conflict and Security Law: Essays in Memory of Hilaire McCoubrey, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 286-313.
33. Murphy, S. (2004) 'Assessing the Legality of Invading Iraq', Georgetown Law Journal 92(2): 173-257.
34. National Security Strategy (2002) September 20, www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/ nss.html.
35. National Security Strategy (2006) March, www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/ nss/2006/.
36. Reus-Smit, C. (2004) American Power and World Order, Cambridge: Polity Press.
37. Roberts, A. (2003) 'The UN Will Survive this Storm', Observer, March 9.
38. Russell, R.B. (1958) A History of the United Nations Charter, Washington, DC: Brookings Institute.
39. Sands, P. (2005) Lawless World: America and the Making and Breaking of Global Rules, London: Allen Lane.
40. Simpson, G. and Wheeler, N.J. (2006) 'Preemption and Exception: International Law and the Revolutionary Power', in T.J. Biersteker, P.J. Spiro, C.L. Sriram and V. Raffo (eds.) International Law and International Relations: Bridging Theory and Practice, London: Routledge, pp. 11-26.
41. Tesón, F.R. (2005) 'Ending Tyranny in Iraq', Ethics and International Affairs 19(2): 1-20.
42. Tucker, R.W. and Hendrickson, D.C. (2004) 'The Sources of American Legitimacy', Foreign Affairs 83(6): 18-33.
43. United Nations (2004) A More Secure World: Our Shared Responsibility, Report of the High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, UN GAOR, 59th Sess., Supp. No. 565, UN Doc. A/59 (2004), www.un.org/ secureworld/report.pdf.
44. Wheeler, N.J. (2000) Saving Strangers: Humanitarian Intervention in International Society, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
45. Wheeler, N.J. (2004) 'The Humanitarian Responsibilities of Sovereignty: Explaining the Development of a New Norm of Military Intervention for Humanitarian Protection in International Society', in J. Welsh (ed.) Humanitarian Intervention and International Relations, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 29-52.
46. Wheeler, N.J. (2005) 'The Dangers of American Exceptionalism in a Revolutionary Age', in M. Gurtov and P. Van Ness (eds.) Confronting the Bush Doctrine: Critical Views from the Asia-Pacific, London: Routledge, pp. 181-203.
47. Wheeler, N.J. and Morris, J.C. (2006) 'Justifying Iraq as a Humanitarian War: The Cure is Worse than the Disease', in W.P.S. Sidhu and R. Thakur (eds.) The Iraq Crisis and World Order: Structural, Institutional, and Normative Challenges, Tokyo: United Nations University Press, pp. 444-463.
48. White, N.D. (1993) Keeping the Peace: The United Nations and the Maintenance of International Peace and Security, Manchester: Manchester University Press.