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Trends. Spillover: Is United States Government Military Aid To Colombia All Wet?, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Spillover: Is United States Government Military Aid To Colombia All Wet?, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article discusses spillover of conflicts in Colombia into surrounding countries as related to United States government military aid.
Benign Hegemony? Kosovo And Article 2(4) Of The U.N. Charter, Jules Lobel
Benign Hegemony? Kosovo And Article 2(4) Of The U.N. Charter, Jules Lobel
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The 1999 U.S.-led, NATO-assisted air strike against Yugoslavia has been extolled by some as leading to the creation of a new rule of international law permitting nations to undertake forceful humanitarian intervention where the Security Council cannot act. This view posits the United States as a benevolent hegemon militarily intervening in certain circumstances in defense of such universal values as the protection of human rights. This article challenges that view. NATO's Kosovo intervention does not represent a benign hegemony introducing a new rule of international law. Rather, the United States, freed from Cold War competition with a rival superpower, is …