Humanitarian Intervention after Kosovo

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction: The Humanitarian Intervention Controversy

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3. International Law, Sovereignty and Humanitarian Intervention

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4. The Normative Thesis and Operation Allied Force

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5. Humanitarian Intervention after Kosovo

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6. The Normative Flaws

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7. The Dangers of Unregulated Humanitarian Intervention

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8. Regulating Humanitarian Intervention: The Need for Redirection

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9. Conclusion: Sovereignty, Human Rights and the Integrity of International Law

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10. Back Matter

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When should the international community intervene to prevent suffering within sovereign states? This book argues that since Kosovo, the normative thesis has failed to influence international politics, as evidenced by events in Iraq and Darfur. This critique rejects realism and offers a new perspective on this important issue.

• human rights
• international politics
• intervention
• politics
• realism
• sovereignty

'...an interesting and insightful text...' - Political Studies Review

• University of Westminster, UK

  Aidan Hehir

AIDAN HEHIR is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster, UK. Previously he worked at the University of Limerick and the University of Sheffield. He has published in a number of academic journals.

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