Morality vs. Legality: European Responses to the Changing Norms of Military Intervention

This article argues that the diverging European positions on the Iraq intervention reflected distinct approaches to the international normative framework regulating the use of force. New security threats by global terrorist networks as well as calls for intervention in cases of human rights violatio...

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Main Author: Aleksandra Krakiewicz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UACES 2007-04-01
Series:Journal of Contemporary European Research
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Online Access:https://jcer.net/index.php/jcer/article/view/30
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description This article argues that the diverging European positions on the Iraq intervention reflected distinct approaches to the international normative framework regulating the use of force. New security threats by global terrorist networks as well as calls for intervention in cases of human rights violations have challenged the existing criteria for legitimate military intervention. It identifies two types of positions – legal and moral. Evidence for the validity of this distinction is provided by an examination of the foreign policy lines adopted by Germany, Poland and the United Kingdom. Their contending approaches to the use of force can be expected to cause considerable difficulty in formulating a concerted European response to the changing norms of military intervention.
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Morality vs. Legality: European Responses to the Changing Norms of Military Intervention
Journal of Contemporary European Research
military intervention
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title Morality vs. Legality: European Responses to the Changing Norms of Military Intervention
title_full Morality vs. Legality: European Responses to the Changing Norms of Military Intervention
title_fullStr Morality vs. Legality: European Responses to the Changing Norms of Military Intervention
title_full_unstemmed Morality vs. Legality: European Responses to the Changing Norms of Military Intervention
title_short Morality vs. Legality: European Responses to the Changing Norms of Military Intervention
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