International law and the preemptive use of military force

Abstract

Under the UN Charter paradigm, unilateral preemptive force without an imminent threat is clearly unlawful. But what is imminent? For all practical purposes, the charter framework is, and has been, dead. The United States should take the lead to improve it.

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