Ethics and Statecraft: The Moral Dimension of International Affairs, 3rd Edition

337 Pages·2011·3.26 MB·English

by  Cathal J. Nolan

Ethics and Statecraft

Ethics and Statecraft
The Moral Dimension of International Affairs
THIRD EDITION
Cathal J. Nolan, Editor
Foreword by Joel H. Rosenthal
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Contents
Foreword:Biography,Ethics,andStatecraft ix
JoelH.Rosenthal
PrefacetotheThirdEdition xvii
CathalJ.Nolan
Acknowledgments xix
Introduction xxi
CathalJ.Nolan
PARTI:WAR
1. “BodyguardofLies”:FranklinD.RooseveltandDefensible
DeceitinWorldWarII 3
CathalJ.Nolan
2. PoliticalLeadershipand“DirtyHands”:WinstonChurchill
andtheCityBombingofGermany 29
StephenA.Garrett
3. NoEndofaLesson:VietnamandtheNatureofMoral
ChoiceinForeignPolicy 47
DavidArmstrong
4. NoncombatantImmunityandCivilianLiabilityin
ContemporaryAsymmetricWarfare 73
MichaelL.Gross
vi Contents
PARTII:PEACEMAKING
5. PowerandPrinciple:TheStatecraftofTheodoreRoosevelt 93
WilliamN.Tilchin
6. TheHigherRealismofWoodrowWilson 117
ArthurS.Link
7. ResponsibilitytoProtect:PreventingGenocide
andMassAtrocities 129
AlexJ.Bellamy
PARTIII:TRANSFORMATION
8. RealismandIdealisminHistoricalPerspective:
OttovonBismarck 151
OttoPflanze
9. KonradAdenauer,Arms,andtheRedemptionofGermany 169
CarlC.Hodge
10. EduardShevardnadzeandtheEndoftheSovietSystem:
NecessityandChoice 187
PaulMarantz
PARTIV:EMERGINGISSUES
11. “TheLadyDothProtestTooMuch”:Interventionand
theTurntoEthicsinInternationalLaw 209
MarttiKoskenniemi
12. HumanSecurity 235
ShahrbanouTadjbakhsh
13. DroneEthics 249
MartinL.Cook
14. EthicsandTargetedSanctions 261
JoyGordon
SelectedBibliography 273
Contents vii
AbouttheEditorandContributors 287
Index 293

Foreword: Biography, Ethics,
and Statecraft
Joel H. Rosenthal
Fifteenyearsintothetwenty-firstcentury,“globalization”isthedistinguishing
characteristic of our age. According to Klaus Schwab, founder of the
World Economic Forum, “The new reality of our networked society is that
global, regional and industry developments are completely intertwined.
Technologicalrevolutionsarechangingthecontextfordecision-makingand
disruptingourconventionaldecision-makingprocesses.”1
What does globalization mean for statecraft? Does the empirical fact of
wider,deeper,andfasterconnectivitychangeanything?Evenifoneisskepti-
caloftheDavosviewoftheworld—andthereismuchtoquestioninthiselit-
ist, top-down perspective—it is clear that national interests and global
responsibilitiesarebecominghardertoseparate.
National interests have an extra dimension these days. Threats come less
from rival powers than they do from failedstates, dysfunctional institutions,
and weak coordination in addressing basic human needs in places near and
far.Collective action isurgentyetelusive.Defenseof humandignityisboth
a particular anduniversal challenge.As a result, themost reveredstatesmen
are no longer judged solely by what they do for their countrymen. They are
alsojudgedbywhattheydofortheworld.
The virtue of this volume is that it enables the reader tosee what is con-
stant and what may be changing in the practice of diplomacy. Today there
are modern-day Wilsonians such as former British Prime Minister Gordon
Brown,whoarguethat“globalproblemsrequireglobalsolutions.”Thesesolu-
tions will require “global institutions based on a global ethic.”2 Others such
as Michael Ignatieff prefer a realist strategy rooted in local circumstance.
The goal is simply minimal agreement on basic values—from there, perhaps
clever and effective statesmen can scale up to address global-level issues
such as climate change and genocide prevention. According to Ignatieff,