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- The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable coalition of the willing a group of nations agreeing to act together, especially with military involvement; the term has been particularly associated with those countries giving active support to American intervention in Iraq in 2003.
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Mar 19, 2014 · “Coalition of the willing” is a phrase that we hear invoked with frequency—and often urgency—in world politics. Significantly, it is generally accompanied by claims to moral responsibility. (Such appeals recently bolstered calls to establish a coalition of the willing to intervene in Syria.)
- Toni Erskine
- 2014
Aug 10, 2018 · Summary. In this chapter, I analyze the concept of ‘coalition of the willing’. The aim is not to provide a fixed definition, which contains the elements of the concept once and for all, but to explain how the concept has emerged and evolved, by whom it is used and for what purposes, and in what sense it relates with international legal and ...
- Alejandro Rodiles
- 2018
- Introduction
- How Significantly Has The Coalition shrunk?
- Which Nations Contribute Significant Components of The Coalition?
- What Does A Smaller Coalition Mean For U.S. Forces in Iraq?
- Why Are Countries Pulling out?
- What Role Does National Politics Play?
- What Happens If Britain Pulls Its Troops out?
- Has Britain Been Successful at Securing Basra?
- What Roles Do Other Coalition Members Play in Iraq?
- How Many Casualties Have Coalition Forces incurred?
The size and scope of the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq has dwindled since the height of the invasion in 2003. Britain, the largest member of the coalition after the United States, recently announced plans to withdraw 1,600 troops from Iraq in the months ahead and to shift their combat role to support and training. U.S. and British officials say this ...
Shortly after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, thirty-eight countries supplied around 25,000 forces. Those numbers have dwindled to twenty-five countries and roughly 15,000 troops, the vast majority of which are stationed in the relatively peaceful south and engage primarily in training, support, and reconstruction missions. The most significant reductio...
Britain fields the largest force (7,100 troops) behind the United States. After Britain, the biggest forces belong to South Korea (2,300), Poland (900), Australia and Georgia (800 each), and Romania (600). Prior to its withdrawal, Italy boasted the third-largest coalition force in Iraq.
Some experts say the dwindling coalition should be cause for concern, and could even set back eventual U.S. plans for a gradual pullout. “Who replaces them?” asks Barry Posen, professor of political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “Our forces [in Iraq] have been on an upward curve since May 2003, and today are at their highest...
As casualties mount, citizens of many of the coalition nations are asking: Was it worth the effort? Many of these nations committed troops in exchange for some form of U.S.assistance, experts say. During a November 2005 visit to Mongolia, for example, President Bush pledged $11 million for its 120 “fearless warriors” in Iraq as part of the White Ho...
A strong one, experts say. In many cases, the drawdown of coalition forces is affected more by political timetables in member nations than by conditions on the ground in Iraq. Political opposition groups have exploited the global unpopularity of the Iraq war to galvanize public support. (The strongest example of this was Spain’s immediate withdrawa...
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said British plans for a drawdown of forces in Basra would not likely affect U.S. efforts to build up its forces in Baghdad. Yet others say a partial pullout of British forces could leave a security vacuum in their wake. “The British are the long pole in the tent,” Posen says. “If they got tired all at once, it wou...
Experts and U.S. officials disagree. “They have made some progress on the ground,” White House spokesman Tony Snow recently told reporters, referring to British efforts to train and stand up Iraqi security forces. Basra has generally been more stable and less violence-prone than Baghdad and Anbar Province. Yet others say Britain has left Basra and ...
Coalition forces serve different functions in Iraq. Most of them operate in a non-combat capacity, except for the British, who largely patrol southern Iraq near Basra. Members such as Poland are instrumental in training Iraqi forces, while others, notably Japan and South Korea, are more active in reconstruction efforts. South Korea has been tasked ...
Since March 2003, Britain has lost 132 troops, while the rest of the coalition has incurred around one hundred casualties in total. These statistics do not include contractors, journalists, aid workers, and other foreign nationals killed in Iraq.
- Lionel Beehner
Summary. As the introduction to the book, this chapter describes the overall motivation for writing the book, as well as its structure (the plan of the book). It offers a preliminary description of the phenomenon ‘coalition of the willing’, based on Eyal Benvenisti’s notion of ‘informal coordination mechanisms among like-minded States’.
This chapter takes seriously the prevalent assumption that the responsibility to protect populations from mass atrocity (R2P) represents a moral imperative by asking how best to ensure that it can be discharged in practice. In the process, it highlights tensions between how R2P is articulated and arguments for its legitimate implementation.
Overview. coalition of the willing. Quick Reference. A group of nations agreeing to act together, especially with military involvement; the term has been particularly associated with those countries giving active support to American intervention in Iraq in 2003. From: coalition of the willing in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable »
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. coalition of the willing a group of nations agreeing to act together, especially with military involvement; the term has been particularly associated with those countries giving active support to American intervention in Iraq in 2003.
