Iraq War and the Future World Order

Contents: Introduction. 1. Human security and the new international system: problems and prospects/Aparajita Gangopadhyay. 2. The new American interventionism: illusion and reality/G.P. Ramachandra. 3. The rationale for war: United States and Iraq\'s weapons of mass destruction/A.M. Thomas. 4. Redefining and recasting democracy: the US and the dawn of a global disorder/R. Sreekantan Nair. 5. Iraq war and the prospects of democratization in the middle east/Sebastian N. 6. Peace and terrorism in the middle east: an insight into Hamas and Islamic Jihada/K.M. Sajad Ibrahim. 7. Counter terrorism: developments, challenges and trends/M.J. Vinod. 8. Biological weapons: is future imperiled?/Shaji Varkey. 9. Globalization, global order and the Third World/D. Pradeep. 10. Strategic shift in Chinese foreign policy: lessons of Iraq warp/Joseph Antony. 11. Nuclear-confidence building and security in South Asia/C. Vinodan. 12. Nuclear proliferation: South Asia and beyond/Mirza Asmer Beg. 13. Nuclear proliferation and security of south Asia: a post Iraq War scenario/R. Suresh. 14. India\'s Iraq policy: a Shift from idealism to national interest/K. Jayaprasad. 15. Relevance of Panchsheel in shaping multilateralism/G/. Gopa Kumar. 16. Neo-liberal globalisation and the future world order: a third world perspective/B. Mohanan.

"The Iraq war has made the world further different and complex. It resulted in exposing the strategies of the hegemonic world leadership in the corporate sector, supported by the sole super power, the United States of America. The preparation, process and goals of the war had made it clear that the USA and her very limited allies were not really searching for the Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq. Rather, the fundamental political economy behind the aggression was the attempt to control the rich oil fields in Iraq. However, unlike the Gulf War I, the United States found too many European powers unwilling to support the expedition. Similarly, leading Third World Nations like India, Brazil and China expressed their objections to the war. The net experience of the war clearly revealed that unipolarism will not survive long and the United States will have to address the realities of the emerging multilateral system." (jacket)