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Plato wrote : 'Only the dead have seen the end of war'. Unfortunately, the last two millennia have proven him correct. While the post-World War II era has witnessed a steep decline in the rate of armed conflict between states, still men and women die in war at an alarming rate, most of them in more contained - and more brutal - civil wars. The author shows here that this fundamental change in war in the 21st century requires a new set of rules to govern conflict. The book argues that the new threats to international security come, not from war between the great powers, but from the internal collapse of states, terrorist groups, the spread of weapons of mass destruction, and destabilizing regional powers. It rejects the widely-accepted framework built on the UN Charter, and offers a new system consisting of defensive, pre-emptive, or preventive measures that advance global welfare. The book concludes with an analysis of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, failed states, and the current challenges posed by Libya, Syria, North Korea, and Iran.

WAR (INTERNATIONAL LAW) --- AGGRESSION (INTERNATIONAL LAW) --- INTERVENTION (INTERNATIONAL LAW) --- HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION --- JUST WAR DOCTRINE --- PREEMPTIVE ATTACK (MILITARY SCIENCE)

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'Point of Attack' argues that the time has come to replace the international rules of war. Current law permits nations to resort to force only in self-defence or under UN authority, which perversely allows mass civilian killings, civil wars, weapons proliferation, and terrorism to run rampant. A new approach should allow the great powers to intervene when a war would benefit global welfare more than the costs.

War (International law) --- Aggression (International law) --- Intervention (International law) --- Humanitarian intervention --- Just war doctrine --- Security, International --- Preemptive attack (Military science) --- International Law --- Law, Politics & Government --- Treaties, International --- Anticipatory self-defense (Military science) --- Preemption (Military science) --- Preemptive strikes (Military science) --- Preemptive warfare --- Military art and science --- Strategy --- Collective security --- International security --- International relations --- Disarmament --- International organization --- Peace --- Jus ad bellum --- War --- War (Philosophy) --- Military intervention --- Diplomacy --- International law --- Neutrality --- Hostilities --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Religious aspects

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In 1997, a Mexican national named Jose Ernesto Medellin was sentenced to death for raping and murdering two teenage girls in Texas. In 2004, the International Court of Justice ruled that he was entitled to appellate review of his sentence, since the arresting officers had not informed him of his right to seek assistance from the Mexican consulate prior to trial, as prescribed by a treaty ratified by Congress in 1963. In 2008, amid fierce controversy, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that the international ruling had no weight. Medellin subsequently was executed.As Julian Ku and John Yoo show in

International and municipal law --- Constitutional law --- Law and globalization --- Globalization and law --- Globalization

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GWOT, 2001-2009 (War on Terrorism) --- Global War on Terror, 2001-2009 --- Guerre contre le terrorisme, 2001-2009 --- Oorlog tegen het terrorisme, 2001-2009 --- War against Terrorism, 2001-2009 --- War on Terror, 2001-2009 --- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 --- Terrorism --- Government policy --- United States --- War and emergency powers --- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009. --- Terrorisme --- Pouvoirs exceptionnels --- Politique gouvernementale

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Threats to international peace and security include the proliferation of weapons of mass destructions, rogue nations, and international terrorism. The United States must respond to these challenges to its national security and to world stability by embracing new military technologies such as drones, autonomous robots, and cyber weapons. These weapons can provide more precise, less destructive means to coerce opponents to stop WMD proliferation, clamp down on terrorism, or end humanitarian disasters. Efforts to constrain new military technologies are not only doomed, but dangerous. Most weapons in themselves are not good or evil; their morality turns on the motives and purposes for the war itself. These new weapons can send a strong message without cause death or severe personal injury, and as a result can make war less, rather than more, destructive.

War (International law) --- Military weapons (International law) --- Technological innovations --- Law and legislation.