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Final Exam Flashcards

1
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Three options to go from here

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Status quo
Reimagined UN
Congress of Great Powers

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This organization is created to prevent you from going to hell. It isn’t created to take you to heaven- Henry Cabot Lodge

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The UN

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September 10 organization, created to prevent or delay war. Before rogue/failed states

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United Nations

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The security Council’s P5

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A relic of WWII

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Potential solutions to security council P5?

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Liberal Democratic body
Veto the veto
What about China and Russia?
Solution begins with the US recommitment to the UN in theory and practice

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Non-combatant immunity in war

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Soldiers are fair game anytime, unless wounded or imprisoned

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Sieges and blockades of cities or countries

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Soldiers under an obligation to help civilians leave the site of a battle

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Guerriglia Warriors eligibility for the war soldiers rights

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Must wear a fixed distinctive sign visible at a distance and carry their arms openly

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UNSC Resolution 1973

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Authorized all necessary measures-excluding an occupation force-to protect civilians in Libya and enforce the arms embargo. It also imposed a no fly zone. Strengthened the sanctions regime and established a panel of experts to support the 1970 Sanctions Committee on Libya

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UNSC resolution 687 in 1991

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Iraq should unconditionally accept the destruction, removal, or rendering harmless, under international supervision of all chemical and biological weapons. All ballistic missiles with a range greater than 150 km and production facilities

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Resolution UNSC 1441

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Iraq has been and remains in material breach of its obligations under relevant resolutions .
No later than 30 days from the date of this resolution a currently, full, and complete declaration of all aspects of its programs to develop chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles
False statements or omissions and failure by Iraq to comply will constitute further material breach. The council has repeatedly warned Iraq that it will face SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES as a result of its continued violations of its obligations

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12
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Two major violations from Iraq in 2003

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Defiance of UN resolutions

Acts of aggression fired on coalition aircraft over 700 times and attempted Bush assesination

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Iraq gave prevention a bad name

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Disbanding the Iraqi Army, right decision, wrong plan

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Unconventional war

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Not traditional conflict between nation-states.
Insurgencies, terrorist campaigns
Not always with identifiable military organizations
Blurred lines about everything, combatants, area of conflict

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What is a state?

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Mostly a legal abstraction
Recognized borders
Functioning central authority with a monopoly on the use of violence

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What is a soldier?

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An agent of the state
Uniform
Accountability
Rights and responsibilities

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What is combat ?

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Armed conflict between soldiers representing states

Governed by rules despite carnage

18
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Interwar period

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The period of 1991-2022

The return of interstate war

19
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What is the goal of terrorism?

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Change a state’s policy
Asymmetry
Create anxiety

20
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How is contemporary mass terrorist different?

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Indiscriminate
Brutal
Mass casualties
Suicide

21
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Preemption?

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A spoiling attack, taken in advance of imminent attack

Acceptable under international law(Israel 1967)

22
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Prevention

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Striking a potential, but not yet threatening for. Strangling the baby in the cradle
Illegal by law and tradition
Consider the pros and cons

23
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The Caroline test

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Preemption is just instant overwhelming and leaving no choice of means and no moment of deliberation

24
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Does the Caroline test still apply? And what is to be done?

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Nothing
Containment
Preemption
Prevention

25
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Solutions to conflicts?

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UN 
NATO
Coalitions
Unilateralism
Diplomacy
Death warrants for dictator
26
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UNSC Resolution 687, April 1991

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Iraq must remove and destroy chemical /biological weapons, and ballistic missiles and cease fire

27
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UNSC Resolution 1441 in 2002

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Iraq faces serious consequences for violating resolution 687

28
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The Duelfer Report 2004

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No WMD, but intentions there

29
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Resolution 1973

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Libya and Gaddafi 2011

30
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Syrian civil war 2011 to present

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Darin gas attack, Obama and Trump

31
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What is a soldier?

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A uniformed accountable agent of the state

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