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Series on the Iraq War and its Consequences – Vol. 3 beyond IRAQ The Future of World Order 7945tp.indd 1 1/7/11 2:47 PM Series on the Iraq War and its Consequences (ISSN: 1793-1711) Published Vol. 1 The Iraq War and its Consequences: Thoughts of Nobel Peace Laure- ates and Eminent Scholars edited by Irwin Abrams & Wang Gungwu An extraordinary collection of essays on the recently concluded Iraq War by Nobel Peace laureates and leading scholars. The Iraq War and its Consequences is the first and only book that brings together more than 30 Nobel Peace laureates and eminent scholars to offer opinions, analyses and insights on the war that has drawn both widespread opposition and strong support. Vol. 2 Iraq Beyond the Headlines: History, Archaeology, and War by Benjamin R Foster, Karen Polinger Foster & Patty Gerstenblith Vol. 3 Beyond Iraq: The Future of World Order edited by Amitav Acharya & Hiro Katsumata Yvonne - Beyond Iraq.pmd 2 3/9/2011, 2:13 PM Series on the Iraq War and its Consequences – Vol. 3 beyond IRAQ The Future of World Order Editors Amitav Acharya American University, USA Hiro Katsumata Waseda University Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Japan World Scientific NEW JERSEY • LONDON • SINGAPORE • BEIJING • SHANGHAI • HONG KONG • TAIPEI • CHENNAI 7945tp.indd 2 1/7/11 2:47 PM Published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. 5 Toh Tuck Link, Singapore 596224 USA office: 27 Warren Street, Suite 401-402, Hackensack, NJ 07601 UK office: 57 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9HE British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Series on the Iraq War and Its Consequences — Vol. 3 BEYOND IRAQ The Future of World Order Copyright © 2011 by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without written permission from the Publisher. For photocopying of material in this volume, please pay a copying fee through the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. In this case permission to photocopy is not required from the publisher. ISBN-13 978-981-4324-80-9 ISBN-10 981-4324-80-9 ISBN-13 978-981-4324-87-8 (pbk) ISBN-10 981-4324-87-6 (pbk) Typeset by Stallion Press Email: [email protected] Printed in Singapore. Yvonne - Beyond Iraq.pmd 1 3/9/2011, 2:13 PM b1019_FM.qxd 12/15/2010 11:07 AM Page v b1019 Beyond Iraq: The Future of World Order Preface For the international community, the Iraq War has been one of the most controversial events in the post-Cold War era. Conducted with- out the approval of the Security Council of the United Nations (UN), on the basis of the erroneous accusation that Saddam Hussein was developing and hiding weapons of mass destruction, this war has divided world opinion. Before and after the launching of a military attack on Iraq by the US and the UK in March–April 2003, anti-war demonstrations were held in various European cities. A majority of UN members expressed their dissatisfaction with the way in which the situation was handled. More significantly, the war even created a rift within the Western alliance, epitomized by the opposition to the attack in 2003 on the part of France and Germany. Given its controversial nature, this volume aims to explore the implications of the Iraq War for the world order — for an order in Iraq and beyond, in the present era and beyond. It is a collection of essays on topics relevant to the war and international order. Attempts to explore the implications of the Iraq War are by no means novel. A number of authors have offered their interpretations of the cause of the war and its possible consequences. However, unlike many avail- able works on the subject, the present volume seeks to take a broad view and to explore long-term implications of the war, rather than adhering to a narrow view and concentrating on any short-term impact. In this respect, its focus is not only on domestic governance v b1019_FM.qxd 12/15/2010 11:07 AM Page vi b1019 Beyond Iraq: The Future of World Order vi Preface in Iraq, but also on regional governance in the Middle East and global governance. It considers the historical background of the present sit- uation, so as to capture the long-term future trend. Furthermore, it explores not only immediate military strategies but also ideological implications which can have long-term consequences. All the chapters of this volume are written by leading scholars in their respective fields, who have done a substantial amount of research on relevant issues. While all these chapters offer a professional analy- sis, they are written for a general audience, avoiding technical terms and scholarly jargon. We hope the readers will find that these chapters offer an objective and rigorous analysis of subjects that have aroused much controversy, such as the role of the US, Islam and religious extremism, without resorting to ideological bias or stereotyping. This is the third volume in the series of books on the Iraq War and its consequences. The first volume was published in December 2003: Iraq War and Its Consequences: The Thoughts of Nobel Peace Laureates and Eminent Scholars, edited by Irwin Abrams and Wang Gungwu. The second was published in August 2005: Iraq Beyond the Headlines: History, Archaeology, and War, edited by Benjamin Foster, Karen Polinger Foster, and Patty Gerstenblith. This third volume is pre- sented in the belief that, six years after the publication of the second volume, the time is ripe to explore the long-term implications of the Iraq War for the reconstruction of the world order. It is published under the auspices of the Transnational Governance Initiative of the School of International Service, American University, Washington, D.C. We are grateful to a number of individuals, including our former col- leagues at the Department of Politics in the University of Bristol, in the UK. Amitav Acharya Hiro Katsumata b1019_FM.qxd 12/15/2010 11:07 AM Page vii b1019 Beyond Iraq: The Future of World Order Contents Preface v List of Contributors ix Introduction 1 Hiro Katsumata Chapter 1. The Future of Iraq 15 Eric Herring Chapter 2. Regional Order in the Middle East 35 Louise Fawcett Chapter 3. Just Another Liberal War? Western Interventionism and the Iraq War 65 Nicholas Kitchen and Michael Cox Chapter 4. The Crisis in Global Governance After the Iraq War 85 David Armstrong vii b1019_FM.qxd 12/15/2010 11:07 AM Page viii b1019 Beyond Iraq: The Future of World Order viii Contents Chapter 5. Terrorist Threat in Iraq: Origins, Development and Impact 109 Rohan Gunaratna Index 149 b1019_FM.qxd 12/15/2010 11:07 AM Page ix b1019 Beyond Iraq: The Future of World Order List of Contributors Amitav Acharya is Professor of International Relations at American University, USA. David Armstrong is Professor of International Relations at the University of Exeter, UK. Michael Cox is Professor of International Relations and Co-Director of IDEAS at the London School of Economics, UK. Louise Fawcett is University Lecturer in Politics and Fellow of St. Catherine’s College, University of Oxford, UK. Rohan Gunaratna is Head of the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Eric Herring is Reader in International Politics at the University of Bristol, UK. Hiro Katsumata is Assistant Professor at the Waseda University Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Japan. Nicholas Kitchen is Philippe Roman Fellow at LSE IDEAS, the centre for international affairs, diplomacy and strategy at the London School of Economics, UK. ix
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