Just Whose Side Is Time On?

2007 ◽  
Vol 42 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 263-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert M. Hathaway
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
North Korea ◽  
International Institutions ◽  
Bush Administration ◽  
Military Force ◽  
Security Strategy ◽  
The North ◽  
National Security Strategy ◽  
Multilateral Diplomacy

President Bush's bold National Security Strategy document of September 2002 would appear to have been written with North Korea as much as Iraq in mind. Yet the Bush administration has been uncharacteristically passive in responding to the challenge posed by Pyongyang's nuclear weapons ambitions, especially in comparison with the forceful manner with which the administration dealt with Iraq. In the latter case, Bush mobilized the full weight of military force; seemed disdainful of allies, international institutions and multilateral diplomacy; and moved forward with what his critics deemed reckless abandon. In the case of North Korea, on the other hand, the President has emphasized patience, close coordination with allies and an overall lack of urgency oddly at variance with his `axis of evil' characterization of the regime in Pyongyang, and with dangerous advances in North Korea's nuclear arsenal. This essay attempts to explain the rationale behind the Bush administration's surprisingly relaxed approach to the North Korea challenge.

Bush Characterizes North Korea, Iran and Iraq as “Axis of Evil” Intensifying Debate Over Post-9/11 National Security Strategy

2002 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 2-27
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
National Security ◽  
North Korea ◽  
The United States ◽  
United States Congress ◽  
Security Strategy ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The People ◽  
National Security Strategy ◽  
The Military

Next week I will go before Congress to lay out my priorities for the coming year. There will be no room for misunderstanding. The most basic commitment of our government will be the security of our country. We will win this war; we will protect our people; and we will work to renew the strength of our economy.Our first priority is the military. The highest calling to protect the people is to strengthen our military. And that will be the priority of the budget I submit to the United States Congress. Those who review our budget must understand that we're asking a lot of our men and women in uniform, and we'll be asking more of them in the future. In return, they deserve every resource, every weapon needed to achieve the final and full victory.

scholarly journals Preventive War and the Lessons of History

2006 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jules Lobel
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
National Security ◽  
The United States ◽  
Military Force ◽  
Security Strategy ◽  
White House ◽  
American Military ◽  
National Security Strategy ◽  
Preemptive War ◽  
Imminent Threat

In September 2002, as the Bush administration was gearing up for a showdown with Iraq, the White House released its National Security Strategy, which announced a radical shift in American military policy. The United States had previously adhered doctrinally, if not always in practice, to the international rule that a nation may unilaterally launch a military attack against another nation only in strict self-defense, that is, in response to an armed attack or an imminent threat of an armed attack.Any other use of military force requires approval of the United Nations (“U.N.”) Security Council, which must first find that a “threat to the peace, breach of peace, or act of aggression” exists, and then must authorize the use of force to remove that threat. The 2002 National Security Strategy maintained that the threat of catastrophic attacks with weapons of mass destruction by rogue states and/or terrorists demands a new, preemptive approach. The new doctrine insisted that unilateral recourse to war is justified not only to forestall imminent attacks, but to preempt non-imminent threats where the threats are large enough. The United States led invasion of Iraq was widely viewed as the first test of this preemptive war doctrine.

scholarly journals China’s information resources to highlight the national defense doctrine and the implementation of the national security strategy

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Liu Liman ◽  
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Military Force ◽  
National Defense ◽  
Security Strategy ◽  
National Security Strategy ◽  
And Training

In the geopolitical conditions of the confrontation between states, one of the means of protection and sovereignty is military force, therefore each state has its own military doctrines that determine the development of army equipment and training for various types of troops. China has a doctrine called the National Military Defense Doctrine. The problem of studying the coverage of this topic abroad and within the country becomes important for the scientific community interested in the problems of political communication.

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