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43 Osgoode Hall L.J. 7 (2005)
The War on Terror and the War of Terror: Nomadic Multitudes, Aggressive Incumbents, and the New International Law - Prefactory Remarks on Two Wars

handle is hein.journals/ohlj43 and id is 17 raw text is: THE WAR ON TERROR AND THE WAR OF TERROR: NOMADIC MULTITUDES, AGGRESSIVE INCUMBENTS, AND THE NEW INTERNATIONAL LAW PREFATORY REMARKS ON TWO WARS© BY UPENDRA BAxI This article contrasts and compares the war on terror and the war of terror in the wake of, and before, 11 September 2001. The philosophical underpinnings involved in defining terrorism are analyzed in the context of the United States' war on terrorism and related wars of terrorism, such as the 1998 World Islamic Council's fatwa. Both wars fall within the wording of recent United Nations' Resolutions that address the adverse impact of terrorism on Human Rights. The understanding of the meaning of terrorism by those promoting the war on terrorism provides a powerful political tool, notwithstanding effects on Human Rights that are similar to the effects that result from the war of terrorism. These two wars signify a patterned break from the classical comity between nation-states with respect to acts of aggression, and the values being promoted in this context serve the emerging American Empire and the resistance to it. The result, framed by those promoting the war on terrorism, is that-either being for or against terrorism-potential for non-violent solutions are lessened. Since September 11, the war on terror has installed a new rule of preemptive self-defence, grounded in suspicion, and with no recent precedent in international law. Cet article met en contraste et compare la guerre contre le terrorisme et la guerre du terrorisme A la suite du 11 septembre et avant. Les fondements philosophiques qu'implique la d6finition du . terrorisme - sont analys6s dans le contexte de la guerre am6ricaine contre le terrorisme, puis reli6s aux guerres du terrorisme, comme la fatwa du Conseil du monde islamique de 1998. Les deux guerres s'inscrivent dans la d6finition des r6centes r6solutions de 'ONU, lesquelles traitent de l'effet nuisible que le terrorisme exerce sur les droits de la personne. Comprendre la signification du . terrorisme , permettra a ceux qui pr~conisent la guerre contre le terrorisme de disposer d'un outil politique puissant, mme si les effets sur les droits de la personne sont semblables aux effets d6coulant de la guerre du terrorisme. Ces deux guerres d6notent reffondrement m6thodique de la communion classique entre Etats nations en matilre d'actes d'agression. Les valeurs 6rig6es dans cc contexte servent rEmpire Americain naissant et la r6sistance A son encontre. Le rdsultat, formul6 par ceux qui mettent en avant la guerre contre le terrorisme, est que - dtant soit pour, soit contre le terrorisme - la possibilit6 de solutions non-violentes est amoindrie. Depuis le 11 septembre, la guerre contre le terrorisme a instaur6 une nouvelle rlgle d'autod6fense preventive, fond6e sur le soupgon, rlgle sans aucun pr6cdent r6cent dans le droit international. 2005, U. Baxi. Professor of Law, University of Warwick; Vice Chancellor, Delhi University (1990-1994); University of South Gujarat, Surat (1982-1985).

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