Did Theresa May Kill the War Powers Convention? Comparing Parliamentary Debates on UK Intervention in Syria in 2013 and 2018

IF 1.3 3区社会学 Q2 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Parliamentary Affairs Pub Date : 2021-02-04 DOI:10.1093/PA/GSAB001

J. Strong

引用次数: 5

Abstract

This article asks whether Prime Minister Theresa May’s decision to bypass the House of Commons and order military action in Syria in 2018 killed the UK’s nascent War Powers Convention, established most visibly when MPs vetoed an essentially similar operation under Prime Minister David Cameron in 2013. It finds that the War Powers Convention survives, but in a weakened state, subject to new caveats that significantly narrow its scope. What happens next depends on the dynamic, unpredictable interaction between what future prime ministers believe, what strategic questions arise and what MPs will accept.

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特蕾莎·梅扼杀了战争权力公约吗?比较2013年和2018年关于英国干预叙利亚的议会辩论

英国首相特蕾莎·梅(Theresa May)绕过下议院，下令在2018年对叙利亚采取军事行动的决定，是否扼杀了英国刚刚形成的《战争权力公约》(War Powers Convention)。2013年，英国首相戴维·卡梅伦(David Cameron)执政期间，国会议员否决了一项本质上类似的行动，这一公约的确立最为明显。它发现，《战争权力公约》仍然存在，但处于一种被削弱的状态，受到新的限制，大大缩小了其范围。接下来会发生什么，取决于未来的首相们相信什么、出现什么战略问题、议员们会接受什么之间动态的、不可预测的相互作用。

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Parliamentary Affairs POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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3.00

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