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    or no intervention to help the victims. The article stated how most human right crime is committed against woman and children. The article stated how nongovernmental agency have come forward to put things in place to help human rights. Humanitarian intervention was put in place to help protect the people. humanitarian intervention occurs when a government, holding the powers of the state and representing the sovereign people, fails to protect the people. Ellery Stowell defines humanitarian intervention

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    or economic ties too. This leads to the question of when American military involvement or force is justified when America is not at war. The logical answer is that American military force is only justified through self-defense as well as humanitarian intervention. Traditionally, the military is used for defense, whether it is to defend the country or the country’s interests. However, sometimes the threat which to defend against is harder to discern than when in open warfare. In the modern age

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    Jared Wagner POLS-Y348 Professor Bielasiak International Intervention in Syria Imagine. The world around you is falling apart. Turmoil and chaos surround you as you are awoken by explosions, firefights, screaming, and crying every morning. You go to bed every night wondering if someone will break into your home and steal anything valuable that has not been taken by the civil war already. You think about the dead bodies you saw on the side of the road; how they got there, what they did to deserve

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    In chapter 10 of Writing Today, by Richard Johnson-Sheehan, Charles Paine, Cathi Shaw, and Jordan Stouck, an essay titled, The CNN Effect Revisited, written by Piers Robinson, details the “CNN Effect” and contrasts the changes after the events of 9/11. Robinson explains that during the 90’s, the media had a much larger influence and impact with the United States foreign policy and would emphasise coverage on topics to push politicians to make change. If a government policy doesn’t gain the support

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    in the region, potentially resulting in Iraq’s acquisition of weapons of mass destruction. The Northern no-fly zone is established to promote humanitarian efforts in the region. According to Phillip Gibbons, a journalist at the Washington Institute, “Iraqi military capabilities north of the thirty-sixth parallel. Aircraft were assigned to protect humanitarian operations on the ground, covering U.S. military and aid personnel in the event that they had to flee an attack by Saddam 's forces.” This quotation

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    Stability In Somalia

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    This paper is about the humanitarian mission in Somalia that turned into an effort to rebuild a nation. It explains how the U.S. military initially entered to assist with the humanitarian efforts but the scope of the mission changed when United Nations personnel were killed. It also focuses on why the United States military went after the leader of the Habr Gidr clan, Muhammad Farah Aidid, who was responsible for the deaths and killings that occurred during the humanitarian mission. The United Task

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    well-known organizations like the American Red Cross and more recently, the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The American Red Cross has proven to be so successful in their humanitarian efforts, the organization spans across the globe and has provided an array of services to assist those in need since 1881. Their humanitarian efforts covered virtually

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    The Libyan Revolution of 2011 initiated with nonviolent political protests modeled after the events in Tunisia and Egypt, and quickly escalated to a full fledge civil war. Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar Gaddafi obtained the role of the official ruler of Libya in 1969 by a bloodless coup d’etat against King Idris. Gaddafi remained the official ruler of Libya from 1969 until 1977. (Calvocoressi, 2001) Subsequent to 1977, he referred to himself as a symbolic figurehead until the revolt in 2011, which contributed

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    practice of intervention to get a clear notion of why the approach that has been used was successful or caused fail. Conflict interveners whose practices are well established on theories of conflict resolution and ongoing researches need to refine their assumptions and skills through an extensive process of self-reflection. Such refining would help them to conceptualize a theoretical basis of their approaches and intervention techniques. They would be able to understand what intervention technique

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    the return of the refugees. From the humanitarian side, every day, people are dying because of the lack of goods and services that are essential for their survival and one of the main reasons was the failure of aid efforts to relieve the accompanying humanitarian crisis. The UNHCR was, more or less, successful in voicing the concerns of the refugees and the internally displaced during these meetings, especially when it came to the implementation of humanitarian corridors: allowing NGOs to be able

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