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2003 Mar Glennon [+]
One War, Many Theories Michael Cohen
2004 mar Ignatieff [+]
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2005 Jan Kagan [+]
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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 [+]
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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 [+]
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UN [-]
UN [+]
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Preemption [-]
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Before navegating in the maps about Iraq war, see the descriptions of the icons and number of nodes...

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 [+]
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Occupation [-]
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Reconstruction [-]
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Terrorism [+]
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Disarmament [+]
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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
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Democracy [+]
Weapons [+]
Security [-]
Democracy [-]
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Security [+]
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UN [-]
UN [+]
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Reconstruction [-]
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Terrorism [+]
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Disarmament [+]
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Preemption [-]
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Freedom [-]
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Oil [-]

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 [-]
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G1 Power [+]
G2 Power [-]
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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?
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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 [-]
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...

2003 Dec Chomsky [-]
What ethical principles are at stake?
(question)
2003 Sep Gaita [-]
What ethical principles are at stake?
G6 Norms [-]
N1: LEGITIMACY
P1: CONTROL
(question)
Who are pro war?
What ethical principles are at stake?
What are the war's effects?
What is the power configuration?
See all the Reference Source
G5 Norms [+]

Ambivalent/hard to categorize this includes people who have changed their view as events have unfold...

2004 mar Ignatieff [+]
What ethical principles are at stake?
G5 Norms [+]
E2: US OCCUPATION
(question)
N3: FREEDOM
Who are pro war?
What ethical principles are at stake?
See all the Reference Source
G1 Power [+]

Strong support for the war & the US global role

2002 Pollack [+]
What ethical principles are at stake?
E2: US OCCUPATION
N2: PREEMPTION
(question)
Who are against the war?
What are the war's causes?
What ethical principles are at stake?
What are the war's effects?
See all the Reference Source
G2 Power [-]

Strong opponent of the war, and of the current US global role generally

Who are against the war?
What ethical principles are at stake?
See all the Reference Source
G6 Norms [-]

Strong opponent of the war, and of the current US global role generally

Who are against the war?
What ethical principles are at stake?
See all the Reference Source
G4 Institution [-]

Critical of the war, but from a moderate left or conservative position

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 [-]
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 ...

2004 Jul Evans [-]
What ethical principles are at stake?
G4 Institution [-]
N1: LEGITIMACY
P1: CONTROL
(question)
Who are pro war?
What ethical principles are at stake?
What are the war's effects?
What is the role of institutions?
See all the Reference Source
G3 Institution [+]

Ambivalent/hard to categorize this includes people who have changed their view as events have unfold...

Who are against the war?
What ethical principles are at stake?
See all the Reference Source
G6 Norms [-]

Ambivalent/hard to categorize this includes people who have changed their view as events have unfold...

2003 Mar Roberts [+]
What ethical principles are at stake?
G3 Institution [+]
N1: LEGITIMACY
(question)
2003 Nov Walzer [-]
What ethical principles are at stake?
N1: LEGITIMACY
(question)
2003 Nov Walzer [-]
What ethical principles are at stake?
G6 Norms [-]
(statement)
2003 Nov Walzer [-]
What ethical principles are at stake?
G6 Norms [-]
N1: LEGITIMACY
(question)
2003 Nov Walzer [-]
What ethical principles are at stake?
N2: PREEMPTION
(question)