Barack Obama, Resort to Force, and U.S. Military Hegemony

Harry van der Linden

doi:10.5840/ijap20092317

Barack Obama, Resort to Force, and U.S. Military Hegemony

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Abstract

Just War Theorists have neglected that a lack of “just military preparedness” on the side of a country seriously undermines its capability to resort justly to military force. In this paper, I put forth five principles of “just military preparedness” and show that since the new Obama administration will seek to maintain the United States’ dominant military position in the world, it will violate each of the principles. I conclude on this basis that we should anticipate that the Obama administration will add another page to the United States’ history of unjust military interventions.

Original language	American English
Journal	Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS
Volume	23
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5840/ijap20092317
State	Published - Jan 1 2009

Keywords

American intervention
Barack Obama
Iraq
War in Iraq
just war

Disciplines

Ethics and Political Philosophy
Philosophy

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Barack Obama, Resort to Force, and U.S. Military Hegemony

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