01:790:324 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Jus Ad Bellum, Preemptive War, Preventive War
21 Jun 2016
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Kagan american power and the crisis of legitimacy e-res. Kennedy the eagle has landed e-res (repeated reading from week 1) Walzer - anticipations e-res (just war theory and pre-emptive strikes) Walzer the right way e-res (just war theory and iraq intervention) Not common during the cold war due to nuclear weapons. Bush doctrine had a preventive war to stop saddam hussein from getting wmd. Idea of just cause for war: theory of aggression in any given conflict. In the case of pre-emptive war, country that launches the attack (strikes pre-emptively) is the aggressor and started the war. Walzer disregards realist reasoning of going to war for power balance, saying it is cynical. + international relations is not all about balancing power; it involves moral choices. + when there is an real and genuine imminent threat, pre-emptive war is justified. Real, imminent threat should be justified for pre-emption.
