Prof. Brendan M. Howe Contemporary International March 23, 2011 Politics Jamola Khusanjanova ID 102SIS65
OUTLINE Notion of Liberal Internationalism Famous thinkers Humanitarian intervention Case study of Kosovo Background information of humanitarian interventi on to Kosovo Humanitarian intervention in Liberal Internationalism perspectives
Liberal Internationalism making International Politics more like domestic; changing bilateral diplomacy to multilateral; “goodness” and “reasonableness”; going to war to an individual state is irrational; war is not profitable ; “bad” behavior is because of bad institutions and structural arrangements
Basic tenets of Liberal Internationalism -democratic institution; -commercial spirit -federation of independent republics Immanuel Kant -international financiers -trans governmental organizations Bruce Russet -international financiers -trans governmental organizations Jon O’Neal
Liberal Internationalism & Humanitarian intervention Liberal internationalists promote rule of law among state Humanitarian intervention -state sovereignty; -sanction to use power; 5
Justification and support for use of force Liberal Internationalism Self defense humanitarian intervention Promotion of democratic regime Extreme sensitivity to cost of war Realism Self defense Violation of state sovereignty Containment of rising power
Liberal internationalism vs Realism Liberal InternationalismRealism GoalsSurvival Actors’ behavior un der Anarchy Promote social learning though: Institutions Ideas Increase power to ensure survival What forms state b ehavior? International society as cooperation of free association of individuals Self-help because No world government Cooperation amongst states unreliable Logic of anarchyCooperative, win-win- situations Conflictual, zero-sum game
Case study of Kosovo Yugoslavia Macedonian, Slovene, Serbian 1947 Socialistic Republic of Yugoslavia as an example of multinational state 1991 breakup of Yugoslavia Slovenia Serbia Croatia Macedonia Bosnia & Hertigovina Montenegro Kosovo
Humanitarian intervention January 19, 1999 – Richak massacre 45 people “Rambouillet Agreement” March 24 –June Humanitarian Intervention bombing Yugoslavia -2,108 corpses death -529 grave sites in total June 10, 1999 – resolution
“…when some one brakes the rules of international community the international community must punish the violator of rules… ” “…Milosevic and Yugoslav Serbs clearly broke the rules and international society punish them…” Bill Clinton 11
Criticism “…victims of Operation Allied Force became inesent citizens of Yugoslavia… ” Irgy Disntbert representative of UN on human rights in Yugoslavia “RIA news” “due to bombing the chemical factories were damaged and ecology of Danay river was hurt …” Working paper # 21(580)of Echo of earth May
Activity “Jus ad bellum” – right to wage a war What do you think had all six requirements which give the right to wage a war been reached intervention to Kosovo?
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