Creeping Unilateralism: How Operation Provide Comfort and the No-Fly Zones in 1991 and 1992 Paved the Way for the Iraq Crisis of 2003

Security Dialogue, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 123-141, March 2006

19 Pages Posted: 20 Jul 2006

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James Cockayne

Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation

David M. Malone

UN University

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Abstract

In this article, co-authored with David Malone, it is argued that the genesis of the Iraq Crisis of 2003 within the Security Council can be traced to earlier patterns of acquiescence by Council members in US and UK unilateral enforcement action in Iraq. By the time this acquiescence ceased, between 1994 and 1996, UK and US enforcement policy was set and would culminate in Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003.

Keywords: Security Council, Iraq, unilateralism, Operation Provide Comfort, no-fly zones

Suggested Citation

Cockayne, James and Malone, David M., Creeping Unilateralism: How Operation Provide Comfort and the No-Fly Zones in 1991 and 1992 Paved the Way for the Iraq Crisis of 2003. Security Dialogue, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 123-141, March 2006, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=917881

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