 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee - 2004 - Страниц: 180
...destruction— weapons that can be easily concealed, delivered covertly, and used without warning... The United States has long maintained the option of...uncertainty remains as to the time and place of the enemy's attack.553 420. The Prime Minister also hinted at his support for a reappraisal of anticipatory selfdefence... | |
 | Hans Martin Sieg - 2004 - Страниц: 452
...NSS in erster Linie aufgrund des Konzepts präventiver Militärschläge, das in ihr enthalten ist: »The greater the threat, the greater is the risk...taking anticipatory action to defend ourselves, even il uncertainty remains as to the time and place of the enemy's attack. To forestall or prevent such... | |
 | Charles Tiefer - 2004 - Страниц: 456
...thirty-one pages covered much ground, with its central point reemphasizing preemption: the right to "anticipatory action to defend ourselves, even if...uncertainty remains as to the time and place of the enemy's attack."26 Preemption's justification rested on the claim that deterrence alone, the classic method... | |
 | Michael Mandelbaum - 2005 - Страниц: 322
...States, the new doctrine asserted, would act to eliminate some threats before they became imminent: The United States has long maintained the option of...uncertainty remains as to the time and place of the enemy's attack.34 The country to which this new doctrine seemed, in the eyes of President Bush and his colleagues,... | |
 | Theodor Winkler, Anja H. Ebnöther, Theodor H. Winkler, Mats B. Hansson - 2005 - Страниц: 250
...acting preemptively against such terrorists," recognizing "that our best defence is a good offence." "The greater the threat, the greater is the risk of...uncertainty remains as to the time and place of the enemy's attack."128 For the last few centuries, international law recognized that nations need not suffer an... | |
 | Mark R. Amstutz - 2005 - Страниц: 284
...confront the growing dangers from terrorists armed with WMD. "The greater the threat," the NSS observes, "the greater is the risk of inaction — and the more...uncertainty remains as to the time and place of the enemy's attack."38 It is of course important to distinguish between preventive and preemptive war. Preemption,... | |
 | Jennifer Gunning, Søren Holm - 2005 - Страниц: 330
...adopt the concept of imminent threat to the capabilities and objectives of today's adversaries. ... The greater the threat, the greater is the risk of...taking anticipatory action to defend ourselves.... To forestall or prevent such hostile acts by our adversaries, the United states will, if necessary,... | |
 | Melvin Gurtov, Peter Van Ness - 2005 - Страниц: 316
...given the enormous costs of inaction in the face of such terrifying weapons, there is a "compelling case for taking anticipatory action to defend ourselves,...uncertainty remains as to the time and place of the enemy's attack.'"1 ! This formulation is very different from the criteria established by the Caroline case,... | |
 | Derek D. Smith - 2006 - Страниц: 11
...preempt may be necessitated by modern technology and new adversaries, its justification is not novel: The United States has long maintained the option of...for taking anticipatory action to defend ourselves ... To forestall or prevent such hostile acts by our adversaries, the United States will, if necessary,... | |
 | Willem Frederik Eekelen - 2006 - Страниц: 361
...actions to counter a sufficient threat to our national security. The greater the threat, the greater the risk of inaction - and the more compelling the case for taking anticipatory action, even if uncertainty remains as to the time and place of the enemy's attack. 202 In December 2002 the... | |
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The greater the threat, the greater is the risk of inaction - and the more compelling the case for taking anticipatory action to defend ourselves, even if uncertainty remains as to the time and place of the enemy's attack. 
