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13 Transnat'l L. & Contemp. Probs. 771 (2003)
International Law at a Crossroads: Self-Defense, Global Terrorism, and Preemption (A Call to Rethink the Self-Defense Normative Framework)

handle is hein.journals/tlcp13 and id is 783 raw text is: International Law at a Crossroads: Self-Defense, Global Terrorism, and Preemption (A Call to Rethink the Self-Defense Normative Framework) Mikael Nabati* I. INTRODUCTION: LAW AND POWER ............................................ 772 II. THE FALL OF THE TRADITIONAL SELF-DEFENSE PARADIGM ................................................................................. 775 A. Losing Relevance: Global Terrorism--a Direct Challenge to the Charter System ...................................... 775 1. The Traditional Notion of Self-Defense under Article 51 of the UN Charter ..................................... 775 a. G ravity .................................................................. 776 b. T im ing .................................................................. 777 c. Necessity and Proportionality ............................. 778 2. Terrorism 's Challenge ................................................ 779 a. The Distinctive Nature of Global Terrorism ............................................................. 779 b. The Charter System is Inadequate to Meet the Challenge Posed by Global Terrorism .......... 779 B. Losing Legitimacy: Humanitarian Intervention and Preventive W ars ......................................................... 782 1. Anticipatory Humanitarian Intervention: The 1999 Kosovo Crisis .............................................. 783 a. Illegal ................................................................ 784 b. ... But legitim ate ............................................. 785 2. Anticipatory Self-Defense: The 2003 Allied Action Against Iraq ......................................... 786 a. Chronology of Events Leading to the Use of Force Against Iraq .............................. 786 Candidate for J.D.fMaitrise en Droit, 2005 (Cornell Law School - Universitd Paris I Panthon-Sorbonne). An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Yale Journal of International Law Young Scholars Conference on World Public (Dis)Order: International Law in an Age of Uncertainty. The conference was held on March 1, 2003 at Yale Law School. The earlier paper also appeared in the May 2003 edition of Current History (102 CURRENT HISTORY 222 (2003)). This article expands on the previous one by discussing the normative implications of the Iraq conflict and develops the proposed terrorism exception theory of preemptive self-defense. I would like to express my gratitude to Professor David Wippman, Assistant Professor Gitanjali Gutierrez, and Lecturer Andrea Mooney for their insightful comments. I would also like to thank my parents, my brothers, and Amy Metzger for their love and support.

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