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Kosovo, Iraq and the evolution of the theory and practice of humanitarian intervention
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Post-Cold War developments, and in particular the intervention in Kosovo by North Atlantic Treaty Organization, have rekindled the debate surrounding military interventions to protect human rights. This chapter assesses contemporary developments in the principle and practice of humanitarian interventions in the post-Cold War period and argues that a notable shift seems to be under way. The controversial US-led military intervention in Iraq has also raised, to a lesser extent, the justification of intervention on humanitarian grounds. The Bush administration argued that the construction of a stable and democratic Iraq would promote reform and security in the Middle East at large. Humanitarianism was one of the grounds, a comparatively minor one, on which the US-led coalition justified the Iraqi invasion after the fact. Nongovernmental organisations are also becoming central to international responses to internal conflicts, performing important humanitarian tasks alongside other actors in the post-Cold War era.

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The Transatlantic Divide

Foreign and security policies in the Atlantic Alliance from Kosovo to Iraq

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