Citation

Taylor T. Wash. Q. 2004; 27(4): 57.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Georgetown University, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1162/wash.2004.27.4.57

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A wider consensus is urgently needed on what constitutes a contemporary imminent threat and how to respond legally to such threats under international law. Otherwise, unilateral responses and democratic vulnerability to catastrophic state-based or terrorist attacks will remain the norm.