Beyond Iraq: The Future Of World Order (The Iraq War and Its Consequences) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9814324876 ISBN 13: 9789814324878

Publisher: Wspc, 2011

Synopsis

How does the Iraq War affect the future world order? What kinds of problems has this war brought about, and what is needed to remedy these problems, so as to reconstruct an order in Iraq and beyond? The present volume is a collection of essays exploring these issues, written by leading scholars in their respective fields. Importantly, the Iraq War has caused numerous long-term security and economic problems in Iraq (Chapter 1) and in the Middle East (Chapter 2). In addition, this war represents a failure of the Western liberals' project of establishing a liberal market democracy, and these liberals are likely to repeat the same error elsewhere in the future (Chapter 3). Moreover, the war underlines the crisis in global governance today, but the idea of reforming the United Nations has some serious limitations (Chapter 4). With regard to the issue of terrorism, “Al-Qaeda in Iraq” has been operating in the field for some time, and thus Iraq will likely remain an important global center of terrorism in the foreseeable future (Chapter 5).

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Review:

"As the invasion of Iraq fades into history, the implications of that act -- for Iraq, for the region, for global governance, for terrorist struggles -- continue, magnify and appear increasingly significant. This volume gives a comprehensive appraisal of those implications in a straightforward, yet thought-provoking set of studies. It is a deep and profound analysis requiring serious reading and engagement." ---- Stuart Croft, University of Warwick, UK

"An excellent volume that analyzes the 2003 Iraq War and its implications for global and regional orders. The chapters, all by prominent scholars, address the micro- and macro-level changes brought about by the ill-conceived war. They offer valuable suggestions to rectify the challenges posed by the war. A must-read for all those interested in global and regional order in the current and emerging international system." ---- T V Paul, McGill University, Canada

About this edition

• Publisher: Wspc
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 9814324876
• ISBN 13: 9789814324878
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 162
• Editor: Acharya Amitav