Chinese Attitudes on Preventive War and the "Preemption Doctrine"

Abstract

With the release of President Bush's first National Security Strategy (NSS) in September 2002, the administration articulated a bold claim about the use of military force that had been crystallizing in American strategic circles over the previous decade. According to a central element in the emerging -Bush Doctrine," launching attacks against so-called rogue states suspected of pursuing weapons of mass destruction was a normatively legitimate and strategically necessary response to the changing threat environment. While the Bush administration used the language of -peremption" to characterize this policy option, the logic of using force under these circumstances was drawn directly from the concept of preventive war.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA535951

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  • Scott A. Silverstone

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  • United States Air Force Academy

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  • Energy and Power Technologies

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  • Air Force
  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • International Security
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Second World War
  • Sociopolitics
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • War
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

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