RUCHI ANAND is Associate Professor at the American Graduate School of International Relations and Diplomacy in Paris, France. Additionally she teaches at the Centre d’Etude Franco-Américain de Management (CEFAM) in Lyon, France and is a Faculty Member for the summer programs of the Junior Statesmen of America at Princeton University. Her research interests include international relations, international law, international organizations, foreign policy, environmental policy, politics of developing countries and women’s studies.

Appendix	p. vii
Preface	p. viii
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Self-Defense in International Relations	p. 1
International Relations Theory Meets International Law	p. 13
Anarchy: Starting point or end result?	p. 14
System polarity: Impact on international law	p. 29
Is international law law? The principal paradox of self-defense	p. 37
Conclusion	p. 41
International Law Prohibiting the Use of Force	p. 42
Introduction	p. 42
War and aggression in international law	p. 47
Prohibitions to the use of force in international law	p. 53
International Legal Exceptions to the Prohibition on the Use of Force	p. 60
Introduction	p. 60
Use of force authorized by Security Council Chapter VII	p. 60
Self-defense	p. 61
Post-attack self-defense	p. 68
Anticipatory self-defense	p. 71
Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)	p. 72
The Six-Day War (1967)	p. 75
Israel-Iraq Osiraq nuclear reactor (1981)	p. 76
The death and re-incarnation of Article 2(4)?	p. 78
Anticipatory self-defense and the use of force in international law	p. 82
The Use of Force in Afghanistan and Iraq	p. 84
Introduction	p. 84
US use of force in Afghanistan: Operation enduring freedom	p. 88
US use of force in Iraq: Operation Iraqi Freedom	p. 92
Conclusion	p. 98
Conclusion	p. 100
Introduction	p. 100
Unipolarity and prospects for a balance of power?	p. 102
US unipolarity and international law	p. 105
Discussion Questions-Theoretical Issues	p. 112
Notes	p. 147
Bibliography	p. 174
Index	p. 184
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