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MEMORANDUM With the growing carnage inflicted on the civilian population by Assad’s government, Syria’s twenty-one-month old political and humanitarian crisis does not seem to show any sign of progress. Hundreds of people, including women and children, are slaughtered every week in what the international community describes as a «massacre» of the syrian population. The establishment of human rights as a key component of international politics has allowed external actors to scrutinize and judge

In Statecraft, from turn zero it was apparent terrorism was going to be a prevailing issue. In fact, only one nation, per the Bush Doctrine, was not a state sponsor of terror. An important element of the Bush doctrine was the lack of distinction between terrorist and anyone including the states who aid the terrorist. With terrorist surrounding my nation from the west and south supporting terrorist organizations, I advised our nation’s leader to adhere to the Bush doctrine. Unfortunately, my fake

The Justifications of a Just War “For war, as a grave act of killing, needs to be justified.” These words were written by Murray N. Rothbard, dean of the Austrian School and founder of modern libertarianism, who spent much of his academic career trying to determine what, exactly, defined a “just war”. In fact, for as long as humans have been fighting wars, there have been quotations referring to the justification and moralities of wars and how warfare can be considered fair and acceptable to each

Introduction After the cold war humanitarian interventions has increased and since then they are more important when conducting peace operations. (Baylis, 2016, 266) Today there’s an ongoing debate on when to use military force and for what purpose. After the humanitarian intervention in Kosovo 1999 that was conducted without a mandate from the UN security council, Kofi Annan former Un security general subsidised to the debate on when to use military force. Humanitarian interventions challenges states

cannot be morally justified and would forever hurt America’s standing as a legitimate authority. The Just War Theory dates back to the 5th century and defines the guidelines for justly conducting war. Just War consists of three parts: jus ad bellum, jus in bello, and jus post bellum (Moser and McDonald, 2016a). The ground invasion against ISIS violates principles from all three components. The invasion has no reasonable chance of success and

Throughout history, mankind have fought one another at great cost and for almost as long as people have been waging war, people have been asking questions surrounding the morality of war. In ancient Greece Aristotle raised a number of ideals that he believed should be adhered to, he believed that war needed to be regulated by a universal community under natural law. He also criticised the desire to conquer as a valid means of going to war. His views where based on the stoic tenants of virtue and

any loss of human life justifiable?     The just war theory in essence is two parts, one the conditions that makes a war justifiable and two, the way war should be conducted.The first part of the theory, the conditions for going to war, also known as Jus Ad Bellum has four main points. The first is Just authority, this means that war can only be declared by political authority within a system that allows for such actions. However Dictatorships or deceptive military actions (the 1968 US bombing of Cambodia)

The third view is that even during supreme emergencies strict jus in bello laws must be observed; if we allow for exceptions the integrity of the rules themselves comes into question. The fourth view, proposed by Walzer, is to acknowledge a multidimensionality of morality and thereby invoke a paradox: the means by

The “wolves, sheep, and sheepdog” analogy in the American Sniper scene is a good expression of the warrior ethos because it closely resembles the youth warrior archetype and contains a few principles of the Just War Doctrine as well as gives an implication on what a warrior might value and protect when he finds himself in any kind of conflict in his life. However, the warrior ethos can also differ throughout different cultures in the world, so whether or not this analogy is a good expression entirely

Christopher Russell POL 355 International Relations Instructor: Clifford Keenan July 29, 2013 Introduction Afghanistan is an Islamic republic that is located near Pakistan. Kabul is the capital city and the country’s Chief of State is President Hamid Karzai. The country bears a population of 33.609 million people. It has been in war for three decades making it one of the most dangerous countries in the world. The insecurity in the country has resulted in a large number