Humanitarian intervention

to disagree with John Mitchel’s assertion that ‘‘the Almighty, indeed, sent the potato blight, but the English created the Famine.’ When the potato blight first appeared during 1845, Robert Peel’s Tory government reacted slowly and with a low intervention ideology that hampered relief. There was an enduring, but unsubstantiated belief that ‘there is such a tendency to exaggeration and inaccuracy in Irish reports that delay in acting on them is always desirable.’ After the report of the…

and annexation of Kuwait in August 1990. The Soviet Union along with four other members of the UN agreed to implement economic sanctions against Iraq. The Soviet Union along the UN restored the status quo, and permitted the UN to provide humanitarian interventions to help the Kurdish and Shiite populations of…

The Explosion of an American Superpower At the end of the 19 century, America was becoming a formidable superpower, she had reached the limits of her national frontier, and had achieved the manifest destiny. As any up and coming superpower would do, she turned her interests to the international scale. The sinking of the USS Maine on February 15th 1898, which killed 260 U.S Navy servicemen. This attack on American servicemen gave America the excuse it needed to get involved in a foreign war, and…

Vasimalairaja, Associate Professor in Education, Department of Education, [DDE],AlagappaUniversity, Karaikudi. ABSTRACT Of the many factors that influence the school effectiveness, the abilities of the headmaster occupy a special place and their interventions counts in school improvement efforts. The professional character of the headmasters can be seen reflected in their teachers, students and even in the society. They should possess certain skills to influence and motivate others. The…

With respect to the conflict between Adria and Betania, there are several factors of international law to consider. The introduction of zickfish by Adrian fish farmers, BigFish, in Adbeco Lake is a matter of both maritime law as well as environmental regulation. Moreover, the Betanian legislation that empowered police to capture BigFish’s president Yancey, undermines the basic principles of foreign extradition. Finally, the military precautions that Adria, Betania, and neighboring Concordia…

A problem for the effectiveness of policy in Burma is the lack of the role of the countries belonging to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Thailand and other members of ASEAN are large investors in Burma, and therefore have no interest in sanctioning their economic partner (Green, & Mitchell, 2007). Thailand has said that it believes sanctions are the wrong policy toward Burma and that it would not participate in sanctions (Tansubhapol, 2009). The currently uninvolved countries…

position due to the Apollo program, technological advancements in the US and the strengthening of the economy as well as civil rights for women and African-americans. Most notably, however, the US had to achieve all of its goals without any military intervention due to the anti-war sentiment felt after Vietnam. The US simply participated indirectly in wars by supporting Israel, the only democratic country at the time in the middle east against the Arab countries, who constantly tried to invade.…

pursuit of political objectives was excessively risky. Even if some humans survived the short-term effects of a nuclear war, it could’ve resulted in the collapse of civilization. This essay will examine the popular perceptions of the Cold War and the humanitarian impact of…

Emergency Equipment list and the Needs Assessment and Evaluation Form for Resource Limited Health Care Facilities, researchers conducted interview with staff members of each facility.As historian Alex von Tunzelmann describes, Haiti was on the brink of humanitarian calamity even before the devastating earthquake of…

that belongs to him. Raskolnikov is a murderer himself as an angel, an executioner considered himself as the Messiah. In the structure of Raskolnikov clear image had a "secret art" harmonize these opposing elements, or in other words, between the humanitarian response intentions and compassionate mind of Raskolnikov rich have a dialectical…