Impacts on Global Order – Formation of Anti-Terror Coalition
Key Terms: Anti-Terror Coalition, Strategic Partnership, “One-night-stand,”
Multilateralism/Unilateralism, globalization, Bandwagon Effect, “Bush Doctrine”
Key Persons: George W Bush, Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Saddam Hussein, Ayatollah
Khamenei, Islam Karimov
Key Places: Caspian Sea, Southeast Asia, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Bulgaria, Russia,
Iran, Iraq, “money laundry havens,” Switzerland, Britain, Germany, France, Indonesia
I. The Concept of Coalitional Diplomacy
American U-turn from Multilateralism to Unilateralism
The Post-Cold War Multi-polarity: the “1-5” Status Quo
Types of Coalitions:
Long-term Ally, Ad hoc Coalition, Strategic Partnership, One-Night-Stand
II. The American Motivations of Building the Anti-Terror Coalition
Legacy of the Clinton Administration: Israel, North Korea and China
Strategic Cooperation in the War against Taliban
Self-motivation to Expand American Power
Shockwave Effect: Miscalculation of the Opposition Capabilities
III. Members of the Anti-Terror Coalition
Band A: Old Allies
Band B: New Allies with Full Support, including Military Participation
The Irony of History: the ex-Communist Allies
The Irony of Human Rights: the Case of Uzbekistan and President Karimov
Band C: “Offer of Cooperation”
Band X1: Expression of Mouthful Sympathy
Band X2: Expression of Joy
The Response of Iraq (Saddam Hussein) and Iran (Ayatollah Khamenei)
IV. The Stick and Carrot Motivations of the Coalition Members
The “Sticks”:
the “Bush Doctrine” and the White House Pressure
Bandwagon Effect: Authorization of International Standing
The “Carrots”:
Convergence of Global “T”errorism and Local “t”errorisms
An Universal Action of States Versus Non-states
V. Conclusion – Towards the American U-turn
Reassessing the Nature of the Anti-Terror Coalition
Second Thoughts of the Member States:
Violation of Traditional Neutrality/ Friendship
Internal Sympathy towards Terrorism and Anti-Americanism
Conflicts with the Expanding American Sphere of Interests
Silent Termination of the Coalition: December 2001
Question: (1)Why did the USA build up the Anti-Terror Coalition, but later
repudiated the whole multilateral concept? (2)Why could the Coalition gain initial
support from most countries of the world?
Main Text: Michael Mandelbaum: “Diplomacy in Wartime – New Priorities and
Alignments” (H&R P.255-268)
Supplementary Text: Robert Keohane: “The Public Delegitimation of Terrorism and
Coalition Politics” (B&D P.141-151)
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