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Contents |
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Contributors |
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Foreword |
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Preface |
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Abbreviations |
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Introduction |
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The serendipity of war, human rights, and sovereignty |
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The human rights battle.eld |
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The evolution of sovereignty in the 1990s |
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The effect of war? |
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Looking toward conclusions |
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Notes |
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Part 1 Framing the debate |
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1 The interplay of domestic politics, human rights, and U.S. foreign policy |
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The post-Cold War debate over grand strategy |
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Unilateralism in historical context |
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Right-wing populism and U.S. foreign policy |
56 |
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The rise of neo-conservatism |
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Traditional conservative realists and neoconservatives: con.ict and reconciliation |
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The neo-conservative project |
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Conclusion |
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Notes |
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2 Pre-emption and exceptionalism in U.S. foreign policy |
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Possible principles of action |
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Are states moral agents? |
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Are states equal moral agents? |
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Principles of humanitarian intervention |
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Notes |
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Part 2 Human rights and the war on terrorism |
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3 U.S. foreign policy and human rights in an era of insecurity |
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Human rights and routine foreign policy |
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International criminal justice after September 11 |
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Democracy promotion after September 11 |
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Welfare rights after September 11 |
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Conclusion |
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Notes |
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4 International human rights |
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Human rights in post-Cold War American foreign policy |
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The eclipse of human rights |
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Human rights, security, and foreign policy |
127 |
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Irrational exuberance: the case of axis of evil |
129 |
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Conclusion |
132 |
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Notes |
132 |
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5 The fight against terrorism |
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Human rights and the challenge of terrorism |
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Treatment of terrorist suspects |
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Bilateral relations |
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International forums |
145 |
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Consequences for the campaign against terrorism |
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The war in Iraq |
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Conclusion |
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Notes |
151 |
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Part 3 U.S. unilateralism in the wake of Iraq |
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6 Bush, Iraq, and the U.N. |
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Wrong place, wrong time? |
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A doveish public? |
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A controlling Congress? |
166 |
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Persuasive allies? |
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The intrepid General Powell? |
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The President himself? |
172 |
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7 The war against Iraq |
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The U.S. as liberal hegemon |
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Normative implications of the Iraq war |
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Global strategic implications |
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Regional strategic implications |
184 |
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The Palestine connection |
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Post-Saddam Iraq |
189 |
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Conclusion |
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Notes |
192 |
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8 The future of U.S.–European relations |
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The fundamentals of the transatlantic relationship |
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The changing institutional framework |
202 |
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Problems and prospects |
207 |
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Notes |
208 |
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9 Legal unilateralism |
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European v. U.S. lawyers |
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Probing differences: three explanations |
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Explaining Iraq |
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Notes |
225 |
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10 Tactical multilateralism |
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Multilateralism as a tactical concept |
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The Clinton era: engaged unilateralism |
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The Bush policy: multilateral disengagement |
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Multilateral action and reaction: wars in Afghanistan and Iraq |
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Implications of U.S. policy on the Middle East and multilateral institutions |
243 |
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Notes |
250 |
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Conclusion |
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Whither human rights, unilateralism, and U.S. foreign policy? |
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Notes |
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Index |
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