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The Dog that Doesn’t Bark: Syria and Article 51 of the UN Charter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2017

Nicholas Rostow
Nicholas Rostow*
Affiliation:
Center for Strategic Research, National Defense University
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Late Breaking Panel: The United Nations and Syria
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Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting , Volume 106 , 2012 , pp. 215 - 216
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2012

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1 U.N. Charter art. 51. For a discussion of the meaning of the right of self-defense in the context of asymmetric warfare, see Rostów, Nicholas, International Law and the use of Force: A Plea for Realism, 34 Yale J. Int’l L. 549 (2009)Google Scholar.

2 See generally Rostów, Nicholas, Gaza, Iraq, Lebanon: Three Occupations Under International Law, 37 Isr. Y.B. On Hum. Rts. 205 (2007)Google Scholar.

3 Joseph Holliday, Senior Research Analyst, Institute for the Study of War, Briefing: Understanding Syria’s Armed Opposition (Mar. 13, 2012).

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6 Doyle, Arthur Conan, The Adventure of the Silver Blaze, 4 Strand Mag. (1892)Google Scholar.

7 U.N. Charter art. 2, para. 4 (“All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state . . . .”).