Abstract: Abstract This chapter addresses how the international legal authority for nations to resort to military force to protect their security interests—generally known as the jus ad bellum—impacts use of force against al-Qaeda and associated forces. The chapter explains how traditional notions of national and collective self-defense focused on threats posed by other States evolved to address the threat posed by transnational nonstate groups. The chapter reviews U.S. interpretations of this law and explains how these interpretations frame the legal authority for contemporary counter-terror military operations in various locations around the world. It also discusses the role of the United Nations, specifically its Charter prohibiting the use of force by States and the exceptions to that prohibition.
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-01-13
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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