Andrew Hurrell's Article Analysis

Andrew Hurrell’s article analysed how the order of international relations has changed following the September 11 terrorist attacks. Hurrell (2002), examined how legal, moral norms and rules pressured the US to engage with international law following 9/11. He argued that international law aims to restrain self-interest. However, it cannot control what states decide to do, it can only serve as a set of guidelines.

I agree with Hurrell (2002, p. 190), in that the 9/11 attacks did not alone bring about a new period in international relations, but rather the combined conditions of order leading up to and post 9/11; the has been a gradual shift in global order following the cold war and although 9/11 was a significant event, that alone did not