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- Title: Better with the UN? Searching for Peace and Governance in Iraq (Global Insights)
- Author : Global Governance
- Release Date : January 01, 2004
- Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 246 KB
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A year has passed since the U.S.-led coalition invaded Saddam Hussein's Iraq for the second time. In the buildup to war, many questioned the wisdom of embarking on military action without multilateral approval. This reluctance to support military intervention was built, in part, out of a fear of the impact of unilateral action on the spirit and practice of multilateralism--hence the efforts by the Bush administration to attempt, albeit in vain, to secure Security Council approval. Few doubted the likely efficacy of the coalition military machine in toppling Hussein. The 1991 Gulf War, the various Balkans ventures, and the Afghanistan campaign had silenced most skeptics of the utility of high-technology weaponry even in asymmetric warfare. Even fewer would have argued that Iraq would not be a better place without Hussein's--as indeed it is. And not many could have anticipated that the United States would have to relearn the lessons of UN peace support missions in its post-Saddam operation, or that the value of the world organization could extend beyond symbolic political niceties to practical assistance with the messy business of winning the peace. However flawed it may seem to its critics in the Bush administration, the system of global governance has emerged enhanced from the difficult events over the past twelve months, while the United States has recognized the political and practical limitations of acting unilaterally. Ironically, the Bush administration is to thank for this, coupled with the imperative of dealing with transnational terrorism in Iraq. Thus, an important but unintended outcome of the U.S.--led invasion of Iraq has been a significant strengthening of the multilateral case for governing a new post--September 11 era.