The International System after 9/11

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The International System after 9/11

• The American strategic thinking post- 9/11
• Re-evaluation of the UN international system
• Transatlantic tensions
• The war on terrorism

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The American strategic thinking post- 9/11

• The US National Security Strategy September
  2002
• Doctrine- containment and deterrent versus the
  principle of preemption
• Nature of threats- terrorists and rogue states
  acquiring weapons of mass destruction (WMDs)
• Unilaterism

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Re-evaluation of the UN system of international
relations

• Role of the international non-proliferation
  regimes- Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty ABM, the
  protocol on chemical weapons, the biological
  weapons convention, and nuclear test ban treaty
• Role of the international institutions- the UN
  and NATO
• Role of the international legal framework the
  International Criminal Court (ICC) and Geneva
  conventions

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Transatlantic tensions

• Divergence in strategic thinking and perceptions
  
• threats
• priorities
• strategies
• The war on terrorism
• The old and new wars (Mary Kaldor)
  characteristics
• Is the war on terrorism a new form of warfare