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Military intervention in a conflict without a reasonable prospect of success is unjustifiable, especially when it is done in the name of humanity. Couched in th

A series of humanitarian tragedies in the 1990s (Somalia, Rwanda, Srebrenica, Kosovo) demonstrated the international community's failure to protect civilians in

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An examination of the historical narratives surrounding humanitarian intervention, presenting an undogmatic, alternative history of human rights protection.