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Preemptive and Preventive Wars: How Power Trumps International Law
Australian Outlook Blog Posts, Vol.3 July 2025
Australian Institute of International Affairs
2025
Abstract
The 2025 strikes on Iran expose a dangerous erosion of international law, as powerful states bypass legal norms under the guise of self-defence. Australia’s support for these actions underscores how alliance politics now routinely override legal and moral accountability.
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- Title
- Preemptive and Preventive Wars: How Power Trumps International Law
- Authors
- Juan Caceres - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and SocietyShannon Brincat - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sustainability Research Cluster
- Publication details
- Australian Outlook Blog Posts, Vol.3 July 2025
- Publisher
- Australian Institute of International Affairs
- Date published
- 2025
- Copyright note
- This article is published under a Creative Commons License and may be republished with attribution.
- Organisation Unit
- Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991136802402621
- Output Type
- Blog
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