Humanitarian intervention

Lebanon’s extensive history of foreign interventions which continue to this day are rooted in several factors including its history prior to independence, the formation of the state and society, and the nature of its modern political system. In order to understand Lebanon’s seeming predisposition to foreign intervention, it’s first necessary to understand it’s historical background and relationship with foreign powers under the Ottoman system and following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.…

than multinational humanitarian organizations—have found it hard to enter the dense network of humanitarianism. In extension, regional projects are frequently left unaddressed and local groups are underfunded, while Western NGOs use their influence and resources to promote Westernized ideals. This…

international community has become increasingly evident and necessary in the management of International Conflict. Many protocols and acts have been established in which outline legal and moral obligations for intervention in times of international crises. This effectiveness of these interventions in managing conflict is however questionable for numerous reasons. The establishment of the United Nations (UN) in 1945, now including international conflict, however this becomes difficult due to…

Realism, Liberalism and Constructivism and how they help Us Address Europe’s Refugee Crisis and other Humanitarian Crisis Syrian refugees, among refugees from other conflict areas, continue to pour into European countries at a level which has been the biggest driver labeling this mass migration as a crisis for the continent. Because of the crisis, the EU is seen as a divided international organization as it tries to countries struggles to cope with the large influx of refugees. Three schools of…

Humanitarian supply chain management To data, supply chain management refers to the integration of wider business system, including several layers, or tiers, of stakeholders - supplier, sub-suppliers, customers, and distributors and so on. In other words, supply chain management has incorporated of serval business functions – purchasing, operations, logistics and distribution management (Johnsen, Howard, & Miemczyk, 2014). In the same vein, humanitarian supply chain management also incorporates…

is an international organization founded in 1945, where it takes on issues confronting humanity, such as climate change, peace and security, disarmament, terrorism, conflicts and more. However, the effectiveness of these interventions by the UN is still in question. Intervention is the interference of one state in the affairs of another, while effective is how adequate UN is in accomplishing their purpose. On the other hand, conflict is a disagreement through which the parties involved are…

on 20th march 2003, the USA invaded Iraq, which was the major and the most expensive military confrontation for the USA after Cold war (Lieberfeld, 2005). This action has been argued to be the breaking and rejecting the international law of non-intervention. But, the justification of such action was given by the president of the USA – George W. Bush as following: ‘Iraq continues to flaunt its hostility toward America and support evil’, calling Iraq the constituent of ‘axis of evil’ (Baylis et…

to the debate about the best option to stop occurrences like that of the Kurdi’s, Douthat argues against military intervention and firmly attacks the belief that combat is most persuasive option. Douthat disputes that the “responsibility to protect” theory will not justify the bloody chaos it would bring to the country and states how the U.S., when it tried this method of intervention in Libya, left the country in bloody turmoil. Douthat concurs then, that when tragedy strikes, it is the…

Economic Sanctions are characterized as a statecraft, which has been made for the advancement of Foreign Policy. In David, Balding words, Sanctions “are influenced attempts.” Where states seek to exert power over another international actor, that is, to do what they otherwise will not do. Since the post-war, the UN Security Council has authorized 26 multilateral sanctions , such as, in Haiti, Iraq, South Africa and Former Yugoslavia. Where compressive exchange sanctions were applied. However,…

security”, described as a “freedom from fear and want”. In the advent of increasing intrastate conflicts, the international community has faced a compulsion to aid the enhancement of human security when the state itself is unable to do so. This intervention has often relied on the notion that enhancing human security is contingent upon enhancing the security of the state, what this essay terms as the “state-centric approach”. This essay will evaluate this approach in two parts. Part one will…