Beyond Iraq: The Future of World Order

Series on the Iraq War and Its Consequences, Vol. 3, 2011

Posted: 4 Apr 2011

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Amitav Acharya

American University - School of International Service

Hiro Katsumata

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Date Written: February 18, 2011

Abstract

How does the Iraq War affect the future world order? What kinds of problems has this war brought about, and what is needed to remedy these problems, so as to reconstruct an order in Iraq and beyond? The present volume is a collection of essays exploring these issues, written by leading scholars in their respective fields. Importantly, the Iraq War has caused numerous long-term security and economic problems in Iraq (Chapter 1) and in the Middle East (Chapter 2). In addition, this war represents a failure of the Western liberals' project of establishing a liberal market democracy, and these liberals are likely to repeat the same error elsewhere in the future (Chapter 3). Moreover, the war underlines the crisis in global governance today, but the idea of reforming the United Nations has some serious limitations (Chapter 4). With regard to the issue of terrorism, “Al-Qaeda in Iraq” has been operating in the field for some time, and thus Iraq will likely remain an important global center of terrorism in the foreseeable future (Chapter 5).

Keywords: Iraq, World Order, Middle East, Global Governance, Terrorism

Suggested Citation

Acharya, Amitav and Katsumata, Hiro, Beyond Iraq: The Future of World Order (February 18, 2011). Series on the Iraq War and Its Consequences, Vol. 3, 2011, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1797562

Amitav Acharya (Contact Author)

American University - School of International Service ( email )

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Washington, DC 20016
United States

Hiro Katsumata

affiliation not provided to SSRN

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