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How could the Iraq invasion be understood?
What are the war's causes?
2003 Feb Kristol [+]
2005 Jan Freedman [+]
2003 Mar Roberts [+]
2001 Elshtain [-]
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2004 Jan Friedman [+]
2004 Feb Scruton [+]
What ethical principles are at stake?
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What is Global Argument.net?
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What concepts can help us to understand the war?
Who are pro war?
Who are against the war?
2003 Mar Glennon [+]
One War, Many Theories Michael Cohen
2004 mar Ignatieff [+]
2004 Nov Manne [-]
2005 Jan Kagan [+]
2004 Jun Krauthammer [+]
2002 Pollack [+]
2004 May Ash [-]
2003 Mar AliTarik [-]
2003 Aug Gray [-]
2003 Dec Chomsky [-]
2003 Feb Walt [-]
2003 Nov Mann [-]
2003 Sep Gaita [-]
2004 Jul Evans [-]
2002 Sep Harries [-]
2003 Feb Mearsheimer [-]
2004 Mar Fukuyama [-]
2003 Feb Waltz K. [-]
How could the Iraq invasion be understood?
What are the war's causes?
2003 Feb Kristol [+]
2005 Jan Freedman [+]
2003 Mar Roberts [+]
2001 Elshtain [-]
2003 Nov Walzer [-]
2004 Jan Friedman [+]
2004 Feb Scruton [+]
What ethical principles are at stake?
What are the war's effects?
What is the power configuration?
What is the role of institutions?
Legitimacy [-]
Legitimacy [+]
Statistical data
Definitions
Violence [-]
Democracy [+]
Weapons [+]
Security [-]
Democracy [-]
Weapons [-]
Security [+]
Violence [+]
UN [-]
UN [+]
Power [+]
Power [-]
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Occupation [-]
Reconstruction [+]
Reconstruction [-]
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Terrorism [+]
Disarmament [-]
Disarmament [+]
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Before navegating in the maps about Iraq war, see the descriptions of the icons and number of nodes...

GROUPS 1 & 2: Two thousand years ago Polybius noted, when commenting on the cycle of regimes, that i...

GROUPS 3 & 4: Advocates of these groups all agree that international institutions such as the Unite...

GROUPS 5 & 6: Members of these groups generate their position with reference to some moral claim th...

What is Global Argument.net?
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What concepts can help us to understand the war?
Who are pro war?
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2003 Mar Glennon [+]
One War, Many Theories Michael Cohen
2004 mar Ignatieff [+]
2004 Nov Manne [-]
2005 Jan Kagan [+]
2004 Jun Krauthammer [+]
2002 Pollack [+]
2004 May Ash [-]
2003 Mar AliTarik [-]
2003 Aug Gray [-]
2003 Dec Chomsky [-]
2003 Feb Walt [-]
2003 Nov Mann [-]
2003 Sep Gaita [-]
2004 Jul Evans [-]
2002 Sep Harries [-]
2003 Feb Mearsheimer [-]
2004 Mar Fukuyama [-]
2003 Feb Waltz K. [-]
How could the Iraq invasion be understood?
What are the war's causes?
2003 Feb Kristol [+]
2005 Jan Freedman [+]
2003 Mar Roberts [+]
2001 Elshtain [-]
2003 Nov Walzer [-]
2004 Jan Friedman [+]
2004 Feb Scruton [+]
What ethical principles are at stake?
What are the war's effects?
What is the power configuration?
What is the role of institutions?
Legitimacy [-]
Legitimacy [+]
Statistical data
Definitions
Violence [-]
Democracy [+]
Weapons [+]
Security [-]
Democracy [-]
Weapons [-]
Security [+]
Violence [+]
UN [-]
UN [+]
Power [+]
Power [-]
Occupation [+]
Occupation [-]
Reconstruction [+]
Reconstruction [-]
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G1 Power [+]
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G3 Institution [+]
G4 Institution [-]
G5 Norms [+]
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Terrorism [-]
Terrorism [+]
Disarmament [-]
Disarmament [+]
Preemption [+]
Preemption [-]
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Freedom [-]
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Oil [-]

Firstly, the body of arguments is organised around three central concepts that dominate mainstream i...

What is Global Argument.net?
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What concepts can help us to understand the war?
Who are pro war?
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2003 Mar Glennon [+]
One War, Many Theories Michael Cohen
2004 mar Ignatieff [+]
2004 Nov Manne [-]
2005 Jan Kagan [+]
2004 Jun Krauthammer [+]
2002 Pollack [+]
2004 May Ash [-]
2003 Mar AliTarik [-]
2003 Aug Gray [-]
2003 Dec Chomsky [-]
2003 Feb Walt [-]
2003 Nov Mann [-]
2003 Sep Gaita [-]
2004 Jul Evans [-]
2002 Sep Harries [-]
2003 Feb Mearsheimer [-]
2004 Mar Fukuyama [-]
2003 Feb Waltz K. [-]
How could the Iraq invasion be understood?
What are the war's causes?
2003 Feb Kristol [+]
2005 Jan Freedman [+]
2003 Mar Roberts [+]
2001 Elshtain [-]
2003 Nov Walzer [-]
2004 Jan Friedman [+]
2004 Feb Scruton [+]
What ethical principles are at stake?
What are the war's effects?
What is the power configuration?
What is the role of institutions?
Legitimacy [-]
Legitimacy [+]
Statistical data
Definitions
Violence [-]
Democracy [+]
Weapons [+]
Security [-]
Democracy [-]
Weapons [-]
Security [+]
Violence [+]
UN [-]
UN [+]
Power [+]
Power [-]
Occupation [+]
Occupation [-]
Reconstruction [+]
Reconstruction [-]
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G1 Power [+]
G2 Power [-]
G3 Institution [+]
G4 Institution [-]
G5 Norms [+]
G6 Norms [-]
Terrorism [-]
Terrorism [+]
Disarmament [-]
Disarmament [+]
Preemption [+]
Preemption [-]
Freedom [+]
Freedom [-]
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Institutionalised legitimacy is required to maintain a leader's power base

What is Global Argument.net?
Navigating these Argument Maps
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What concepts can help us to understand the war?
Who are pro war?
Who are against the war?
2003 Mar Glennon [+]
One War, Many Theories Michael Cohen
2004 mar Ignatieff [+]
2004 Nov Manne [-]
2005 Jan Kagan [+]
2004 Jun Krauthammer [+]
2002 Pollack [+]
2004 May Ash [-]
2003 Mar AliTarik [-]
2003 Aug Gray [-]
2003 Dec Chomsky [-]
2003 Feb Walt [-]
2003 Nov Mann [-]
2003 Sep Gaita [-]
2004 Jul Evans [-]
2002 Sep Harries [-]
2003 Feb Mearsheimer [-]
2004 Mar Fukuyama [-]
2003 Feb Waltz K. [-]
How could the Iraq invasion be understood?
What are the war's causes?
2003 Feb Kristol [+]
2005 Jan Freedman [+]
2003 Mar Roberts [+]
2001 Elshtain [-]
2003 Nov Walzer [-]
2004 Jan Friedman [+]
2004 Feb Scruton [+]
What ethical principles are at stake?
What are the war's effects?
What is the power configuration?
What is the role of institutions?
Legitimacy [-]
Legitimacy [+]
Statistical data
Definitions
Violence [-]
Democracy [+]
Weapons [+]
Security [-]
Democracy [-]
Weapons [-]
Security [+]
Violence [+]
UN [-]
UN [+]
Power [+]
Power [-]
Occupation [+]
Occupation [-]
Reconstruction [+]
Reconstruction [-]
See all the Reference Source
G1 Power [+]
G2 Power [-]
G3 Institution [+]
G4 Institution [-]
G5 Norms [+]
G6 Norms [-]
Terrorism [-]
Terrorism [+]
Disarmament [-]
Disarmament [+]
Preemption [+]
Preemption [-]
Freedom [+]
Freedom [-]
Oil [+]
Oil [-]

nothing justifies the loss of life on both sides that the invasion entailed

What is Global Argument.net?
Navigating these Argument Maps
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What concepts can help us to understand the war?
Who are pro war?
Who are against the war?
2003 Mar Glennon [+]
One War, Many Theories Michael Cohen
2004 mar Ignatieff [+]
2004 Nov Manne [-]
2005 Jan Kagan [+]
2004 Jun Krauthammer [+]
2002 Pollack [+]
2004 May Ash [-]
2003 Mar AliTarik [-]
2003 Aug Gray [-]
2003 Dec Chomsky [-]
2003 Feb Walt [-]
2003 Nov Mann [-]
2003 Sep Gaita [-]
2004 Jul Evans [-]
2002 Sep Harries [-]
2003 Feb Mearsheimer [-]
2004 Mar Fukuyama [-]
2003 Feb Waltz K. [-]
How could the Iraq invasion be understood?
What are the war's causes?
2003 Feb Kristol [+]
2005 Jan Freedman [+]
2003 Mar Roberts [+]
2001 Elshtain [-]
2003 Nov Walzer [-]
2004 Jan Friedman [+]
2004 Feb Scruton [+]
What ethical principles are at stake?
What are the war's effects?
What is the power configuration?
What is the role of institutions?
Legitimacy [-]
Legitimacy [+]
Statistical data
Definitions
Violence [-]
Democracy [+]
Weapons [+]
Security [-]
Democracy [-]
Weapons [-]
Security [+]
Violence [+]
UN [-]
UN [+]
Power [+]
Power [-]
Occupation [+]
Occupation [-]
Reconstruction [+]
Reconstruction [-]
See all the Reference Source
G1 Power [+]
G2 Power [-]
G3 Institution [+]
G4 Institution [-]
G5 Norms [+]
G6 Norms [-]
Terrorism [-]
Terrorism [+]
Disarmament [-]
Disarmament [+]
Preemption [+]
Preemption [-]
Freedom [+]
Freedom [-]
Oil [+]
Oil [-]

A useful summary note reviewing the different positions on the Iraq Debate represented below has bee...

What is Global Argument.net?
Navigating these Argument Maps
Home Window - Ale
What concepts can help us to understand the war?
Who are pro war?
Who are against the war?
2003 Mar Glennon [+]
One War, Many Theories Michael Cohen
2004 mar Ignatieff [+]
2004 Nov Manne [-]
2005 Jan Kagan [+]
2004 Jun Krauthammer [+]
2002 Pollack [+]
2004 May Ash [-]
2003 Mar AliTarik [-]
2003 Aug Gray [-]
2003 Dec Chomsky [-]
2003 Feb Walt [-]
2003 Nov Mann [-]
2003 Sep Gaita [-]
2004 Jul Evans [-]
2002 Sep Harries [-]
2003 Feb Mearsheimer [-]
2004 Mar Fukuyama [-]
2003 Feb Waltz K. [-]
How could the Iraq invasion be understood?
What are the war's causes?
2003 Feb Kristol [+]
2005 Jan Freedman [+]
2003 Mar Roberts [+]
2001 Elshtain [-]
2003 Nov Walzer [-]
2004 Jan Friedman [+]
2004 Feb Scruton [+]
What ethical principles are at stake?
What are the war's effects?
What is the power configuration?
What is the role of institutions?
Legitimacy [-]
Legitimacy [+]
Statistical data
Definitions
Violence [-]
Democracy [+]
Weapons [+]
Security [-]
Democracy [-]
Weapons [-]
Security [+]
Violence [+]
UN [-]
UN [+]
Power [+]
Power [-]
Occupation [+]
Occupation [-]
Reconstruction [+]
Reconstruction [-]
See all the Reference Source
G1 Power [+]
G2 Power [-]
G3 Institution [+]
G4 Institution [-]
G5 Norms [+]
G6 Norms [-]
Terrorism [-]
Terrorism [+]
Disarmament [-]
Disarmament [+]
Preemption [+]
Preemption [-]
Freedom [+]
Freedom [-]
Oil [+]
Oil [-]

Level of analysis issue becomes a problem... to conceptually organise the myriad of positions will ...