1. War with Iraq?
- Author:
- Peter Van Ness, Hugh White, Stuart Harris, Amin Saikal, and Peter C. Gration
- Publication Date:
- 11-2002
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Australian National University Department of International Relations
- Abstract:
- What curious path has brought us to this point? Just over a year ago, terrorists from the amorphous transnational Al Qaeda network killed thousands of Americans and other nationals by flying planes into New York's World Trade Center, the Pentagon in Washington, and a field in Pennsylvania. Today, the United States is preparing to launch a war against the state of Iraq, emphasising the grave and imminent danger posed by Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction, but animated also by a long-standing goal of 'regime change'. What explains this 'statising' of the so-called 'war against terrorism'? What risks does it pose for regional and world order?
- Topic:
- Security, Terrorism, War, and Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Political Geography:
- United States, Iraq, and Middle East