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Of Tyrants and Empires

Fernando R. Tesón
- 01 Sep 2005 - 
- Vol. 19, Iss: 2, pp 27-30
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Fernando R. Tesón as mentioned in this paper replies to Terry Nardin's critique of the work of as mentioned in this paper, and proposes a solution to the problem of the "missing link".
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Fernando R. Tesón replies to Terry Nardin's critique

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Conflict and communication : critical theory, international relations and the intervention in Kosovo

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Classical confucianism, punitive expeditions, and humanitarian intervention

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The Responsibility to Protect: From Doctrine to Practice 'R2P' and Protection of Civilians Case Study: DRC

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Russia, the Responsibility to Protect and Intervention

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the possible reasons for this conflation by providing the historical and analytical context of Russian thinking on intervention since the fall of the Soviet Union and examine Russia's views on sovereignty and intervention in the post-Cold War era in general, before looking at Russia's stance on the interventions of the 1990s and the watershed case of Kosovo.

The borders of a just war.

J. Williams
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors make a claim about the problematic nature of the way in which Just War theory has responded to the two main challenges surrounding the ethics of violence in international relations since the end of the Cold War.
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Humanitarian Intervention: Ethical, Legal and Political Dilemmas

TL;DR: Keohane et al. as discussed by the authors discuss the legal and political consequences of unilateral humanitarian intervention and the future of international law in the context of humanitarian intervention and state failure and nation-building.
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Humanitarian Intervention: The liberal case for humanitarian intervention

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors make the liberal argument for intervening by force to end or prevent serious human rights abuses, relying on twin assumptions of liberal moral and political theory: that the primary purpose of governments is to protect human rights, and that victims of grievous injustice are entitled to outside help.
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Coercion and Self-Determination: Construing Charter Article 2(4)

TL;DR: The United Nations Charter introduced to international politics a radically new notion: a general prohibition of the unilateral resort to force by states as discussed by the authors, which was enshrined, in its most authoritative form, in Article 2(4) of the Charter.
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Humanitarian Intervention: Reforming the international law of humanitarian intervention

TL;DR: The need for reform The deficiency of existing law The NATO intervention in Kosovo (1999) is only the most recent of a series of illegal interventions for which plausible moral justifications can be given as mentioned in this paper.
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The romance of the nation-state