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Các dự báo của các giá trị Mỹ và hệ thống của chính phủ khắp nơi trên thế giới không thể được nhìn thấy trong sự cô lập, tôi lập luận, từ các yếu tố phức tạp, các lịch sử đan xen đông, mà tôi chỉ có thể phác họa ở đây, đó là gắn bó chặt chẽ liên kết với những giá trị và hệ thống. | imperialism as self-defence 291 problem and it remains to be seen how Iraqi self-government succeeds in this respect. The projection of American values and systems of government to other parts of the world cannot be seen in isolation I argue from the complex factors the densely interwoven histories that I can only sketch here that are inextricably linked with those values and systems. These are the factors that might shape in part the US approach to Iraq and the WAT in general a war in which America is projecting not only democracy but its entire history of encounters with the other within the United States and also in its previous imperial ventures. Historical origins war conquest and self-defence The WAT includes several unilateral initiatives that the United States is intent on taking regardless of international support. Inevitably however the United States seeks to legitimize its claims within a broader international environment. It is almost compelled to do so however unwillingly because it requires international support for the WAT. Further as Detlev Vagts notes in relation to hegemonic powers the historical record shows that it can be convenient for the hegemon to have a body of law to work with provided that it is suitably adapted .60 The United States then can work most effectively if it transforms the international legal and institutional order in such a manner as to enable the furtherance of its policies. Despite its criticisms of the UN then the United States relies on it for the condemnation of rogue states such as Iran and Security Council resolutions directed against terrorism. How then does the United States with its own unique vision of the WAT and the civilizing mission it embodies seek to alter the international system to further its war against terrorism More particularly how is this new imperialism imperialism as self-defence to be accommodated within an international law that is posited as being firmly anti-colonial What is the conjunction the
