1st Edition

Intervention in Contemporary World Politics

By Neil Macfarlane Copyright 2002
    96 Pages
    by Routledge

    by Routledge

    Examines multilateral interventions in civil conflicts and the evolution of the role of such interventions in world politics. It focuses primarily on the Cold War and post-Cold War eras and the differences between them. It contests the notion that there is an emerging norm of humanitarian intervention in international politics, arguing that political interests remain essential to the practice of intervention.

    Introduction; Chapter 1 The Terms of the Debate; Chapter 2 Intervention in Pre-Cold War International History; Chapter 3 Intervention during the Cold War; Chapter 4 The Interlude of ‘New Political Thinking’; Chapter 5 Post-Cold War Intervention; Conclusion;

    Biography

    S. Neil MacFarlane