Author profile: Cleo Watson
The challenges of post 9/11 politics to the strict prohibition on the Use of Force found in the UN Charter
The weakening of the prohibition on the use of force since 9/11 has been essentially due to other Articles in the UN Charter which act as loop holes. The USA and its allies have undermined Article 2.4 in the Charter by using Article 51, whereas no punishment (except perhaps the general disapproval of the international society) has been issued.
