Justifying the use of force in a post‐9/11 world: striving for hierarchy in international society |
| |
| Authors: | NICHOLAS KERTON‐JOHNSON |
| |
| Affiliation: | 1. Honorary Lecturer at the University of Bristol where he principally lectures on religious fundamentalism and conflict in international relations.;2. My thanks to input from members of the Chatham House workshop from which this special issue emerged for comments on earlier drafts. |
| |
| Abstract: | This article examines the justifications made for war by President Bush in Afghanistan and Iraq, cataloguing all the administration's statements that justify or support these wars. These discourses reveal a radical departure from the post‐1990 trend of United States presidents, with international law and human rights being almost absent. The justifications point to a hegemonic US attempting to establish itself as the guarantor and provider of freedom and peace, attempting to establish a hierarchically structured international society. |
| |
| Keywords: | |
|
|
