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During the first decade of the twenty-first century, military force has occupied a central place in American foreign policy as the nation has confronted new threats, opportunities, and responsibilities resulting from globalization and other geopolitical shifts in the international environment.2 Questions about whether and how to intervene militarily have become more important than ever.
The views expressed in this article are the author’s own, and do not reflect the policies or judgments of the Department of Defense, the U.S. Army, the United States Military Academy, the National War College, or any other government organization.
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For relevant strategic assessment studies, see The Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre (DCDC), Strategic Trends Programme, 2007–2036, United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, 3rd ed., 2007; Stephen J. Flanagan, Ellen L. Frost, and Richard L. Kugler, “Challenges of the Global Century: Report of the Project on Globalization and National Security,” Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS), National Defense University, 2001;
Christopher J. Bowie, Robert P. Haffa, Jr., and Robert E. Mullins, “Future War: Future War: What Trends in America’s Post-Cold War Military Conflicts Tell Us About Early 21st Century Warfare,” Analysis Center Papers, Northrop-Grumman Corporation, January 2003; The Global Century: Globalization and National Security, National Defense University, available at http://www.ndu.edu
Michael Byers, War Law: Understanding International Law and Armed Conflict (New York: Grove Press, 2005), 4.
UN Charter, as cited in Inis L. Claude, Swords into Plowshares (New York: Random House, 1964), pp. 419, 427–429.
Louis V. Iasiello, Naval War College Review, September 22, 2004.
Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, The National Military Strategy of the United States of America, (Washington, D.C.), March 27, 2002.
Paul Collier, The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007), pp. 124–134.
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Wilson, I. (2008). Military Intervention and International Law. In: Reveron, D.S., Stiehm, J.H. (eds) Inside Defense. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230613782_6
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