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Article

Publication Date

2010

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17 Ind. J. Glob. Legal Stud. 187 (2010)

Abstract

NATO was founded to counter the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Treaty Organization. Both have been gone for over twenty years. So why is NATO still here? Part of the explanation may lie in Americans' strong belief in the efficacy of military force. NATO remains associated in Americans' minds with the greatest time of U.S. military power. Yet, the United States also has a strong commitment to the rule of law. The country appears overdue for a return to this other commitment. We should not be surprised to soon see the United States promoting international law again-and that could mean finally shutting down NATO.

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Reprinted with permission of Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies.

This essay draws on Mary Ellen O'Connell, THE POWER AND PURPOSE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW (2008).

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