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Humanitarian Intervention

Ending Mass Atrocities: The Next Step

Betwa Sharma | Posted 08.27.2009 | World

Read More: Resposnibility to Protect, Srebrenica, East Timor, Noam Chomsky, R2p, Security Council, Humanitarian Intervention, Cambodia, Holocaust, General Assembly, Kosovo and Darfur, Rwanda, Gareth Evans, World News
Betwa Sharma

Millions died not because the right doctrine was missing. There was no political will to act. The Council did not need R2P to intervene in Rwanda and it doesn't need it now.

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Potentially Lethal: Increased Relationship Between Military And Aid

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 01.22.2009 | World

Read More: Usaid, Department of Defense, Elizabeth Ferris, Robert Gates, Afghanistan, Military Spending, Humanitarian Intervention, Catholic Relief Services, American Red Cross, Mercy Corps, Save the Children, Brookings Institution, State Department, Humanitarian Aid, Interaction, US Foreign Policy, Military Civilian, Usaid Policy, World News
Virginia M. Moncrieff

Who will have the final say if U.S. foreign policy and development goals conflict with military objectives in unstable countries?

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Candidates Silent On Resource War In Congo

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 10.26.2008 | Home

Read More: Rwanda, Drc, Humanitarian Intervention, Resource War, Congo, Barack Obama, Darfur, Human Rights, Sudan, Genocide, Africa, Humanitarian Crisis, Humanitarian Aid, Democratic Republic of Congo, John McCain, Home News
Georgianne Nienaber

Neither John McCain nor Barack Obama has addressed this great humanitarian breakdown in Congo, except in the context of political squabbling.

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No Armed Interventions in Zimbabwe

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Human Rights, Security First, Zimbabwe, United Nations, 2008 Presidential Race, Global Triage, Peacekeeping, Morality and Foreign Policy, Darfur, Sudan, Humanitarian Intervention, Genocide, Mugabe, Zimbabwe Violence, Zimbabwe Elections, Robert Mugabe, Politics News
Amitai Etzioni

The opposition to the government of Mugabe just called for the African nations to send peacekeepers to Zimbabwe. Given that there is no peace there, the troops are in effect called to impose one.

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