Includes bibliographical references and index.

Beyond preemption : an overview / Ivo H. Daalder -- Weapons of mass destruction and the use of force / James B. Steinberg -- Military force against terrorism : questions of legitimacy, dilemmas of efficacy / Bruce W. Jentleson -- The evolution of humanitarian intervention and the responsibility to protect / Susan E. Rice and Andrew J. Loomis -- What the world thinks / Anne E. Kramer -- Appendix A: The responsibility to protect : report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (2001) -- Appendix B: National security strategy of the United States of America (2002) -- Appendix C: Report of the UN Secretary-General's High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change (2005) -- Appendix D: In larger freedom : towards development, security, and human rights for all (2005) -- Appendix E: National security strategy of the United States of America (2006).

"Makes proposals for how to forge a new international consensus on the use of force, including its preemptive use, to address today's interrelated threats of terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, and humanitarian crises. Considers how these strategies could be best legitimized and made palatable to domestic and international communities"--Provided by publisher.

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