TY - JOUR ID - 6069 TI - International Law and Illegitimacy of attack or threat of military attack against nuclear Installations JO - Strategic Studies Quarterly JA - SRQ LA - en SN - 1735-0727 AU - Rezaee Pishrobat, Saleh AD - Y1 - 2014 PY - 2014 VL - 16 IS - 62 SP - 187 EP - 204 KW - nuclear installations KW - International Law KW - military attack KW - International agency of atomic energy KW - United Nations DO - N2 - There is no universal binding treaty on prohibition of attack or threat to military attack, although there is some international attempts in action. This article by referring to international documents and international procedures, tries to explain and describe this prohibition and insufficiency of international law in this regard. Author critically reviews legal principles of attack or threat to attack against nuclear installation under the theory of pre-emptive self-defense and analyses paradox of  this theory with principles of international law.     UR - https://quarterly.risstudies.org/article_6069.html L1 - https://quarterly.risstudies.org/article_6069_5435291b5df9b97efbe67ae1881832a3.pdf ER -