Beyond Iraq: The Future of World Order

162 Pages·2010·2.63 MB·English

by  Amitav Acharya

Series on the Iraq War and its Consequences – Vol. 3
beyond
IRAQ
The Future of World Order
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Series on the Iraq War and its Consequences
(ISSN: 1793-1711)
Published
Vol. 1
The Iraq War and its Consequences: Thoughts of Nobel Peace Laure-
ates and Eminent Scholars
edited by Irwin Abrams & Wang Gungwu
An extraordinary collection of essays on the recently concluded Iraq War by Nobel Peace
laureates and leading scholars. The Iraq War and its Consequences is the first and only
book that brings together more than 30 Nobel Peace laureates and eminent scholars to offer
opinions, analyses and insights on the war that has drawn both widespread opposition and
strong support.
Vol. 2
Iraq Beyond the Headlines: History, Archaeology, and War
by Benjamin R Foster, Karen Polinger Foster & Patty Gerstenblith
Vol. 3
Beyond Iraq: The Future of World Order
edited by Amitav Acharya & Hiro Katsumata
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Series on the Iraq War and its Consequences – Vol. 3
beyond
IRAQ
The Future of World Order
Editors
Amitav Acharya
American University, USA
Hiro Katsumata
Waseda University Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Japan
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The Future of World Order
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Preface
For the international community, the Iraq War has been one of the
most controversial events in the post-Cold War era. Conducted with-
out the approval of the Security Council of the United Nations (UN),
on the basis of the erroneous accusation that Saddam Hussein was
developing and hiding weapons of mass destruction, this war has
divided world opinion. Before and after the launching of a military
attack on Iraq by the US and the UK in March–April 2003, anti-war
demonstrations were held in various European cities. A majority of
UN members expressed their dissatisfaction with the way in which the
situation was handled. More significantly, the war even created a rift
within the Western alliance, epitomized by the opposition to the
attack in 2003 on the part of France and Germany.
Given its controversial nature, this volume aims to explore the
implications of the Iraq War for the world order — for an order in
Iraq and beyond, in the present era and beyond. It is a collection of
essays on topics relevant to the war and international order. Attempts
to explore the implications of the Iraq War are by no means novel. A
number of authors have offered their interpretations of the cause of
the war and its possible consequences. However, unlike many avail-
able works on the subject, the present volume seeks to take a broad
view and to explore long-term implications of the war, rather than
adhering to a narrow view and concentrating on any short-term
impact. In this respect, its focus is not only on domestic governance
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in Iraq, but also on regional governance in the Middle East and global
governance. It considers the historical background of the present sit-
uation, so as to capture the long-term future trend. Furthermore, it
explores not only immediate military strategies but also ideological
implications which can have long-term consequences.
All the chapters of this volume are written by leading scholars in
their respective fields, who have done a substantial amount of research
on relevant issues. While all these chapters offer a professional analy-
sis, they are written for a general audience, avoiding technical terms
and scholarly jargon. We hope the readers will find that these chapters
offer an objective and rigorous analysis of subjects that have aroused
much controversy, such as the role of the US, Islam and religious
extremism, without resorting to ideological bias or stereotyping.
This is the third volume in the series of books on the Iraq War and
its consequences. The first volume was published in December 2003:
Iraq War and Its Consequences: The Thoughts of Nobel Peace Laureates
and Eminent Scholars, edited by Irwin Abrams and Wang Gungwu.
The second was published in August 2005: Iraq Beyond the Headlines:
History, Archaeology, and War, edited by Benjamin Foster, Karen
Polinger Foster, and Patty Gerstenblith. This third volume is pre-
sented in the belief that, six years after the publication of the second
volume, the time is ripe to explore the long-term implications of the
Iraq War for the reconstruction of the world order. It is published
under the auspices of the Transnational Governance Initiative of the
School of International Service, American University, Washington, D.C.
We are grateful to a number of individuals, including our former col-
leagues at the Department of Politics in the University of Bristol, in
the UK.
Amitav Acharya
Hiro Katsumata
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Contents
Preface v
List of Contributors ix
Introduction 1
Hiro Katsumata
Chapter 1. The Future of Iraq 15
Eric Herring
Chapter 2. Regional Order in the Middle East 35
Louise Fawcett
Chapter 3. Just Another Liberal War? Western
Interventionism and the Iraq War 65
Nicholas Kitchen and Michael Cox
Chapter 4. The Crisis in Global Governance After
the Iraq War 85
David Armstrong
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Chapter 5. Terrorist Threat in Iraq: Origins, Development
and Impact 109
Rohan Gunaratna
Index 149
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List of Contributors
Amitav Acharya is Professor of International Relations at American
University, USA.
David Armstrong is Professor of International Relations at the
University of Exeter, UK.
Michael Cox is Professor of International Relations and Co-Director
of IDEAS at the London School of Economics, UK.
Louise Fawcett is University Lecturer in Politics and Fellow of
St. Catherine’s College, University of Oxford, UK.
Rohan Gunaratna is Head of the International Centre for Political
Violence and Terrorism Research, Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore.
Eric Herring is Reader in International Politics at the University of
Bristol, UK.
Hiro Katsumata is Assistant Professor at the Waseda University
Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Japan.
Nicholas Kitchen is Philippe Roman Fellow at LSE IDEAS, the
centre for international affairs, diplomacy and strategy at the London
School of Economics, UK.
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