Use of Force and Humanitarian Interventions - What Will Prompt Action?
Abstract
The century has seen several momentous events that may appropriately be described as rearranging the structure of international relationships and essentially creating a new world order demanding visionary ideas to promote peace and ensure stability. For instance, the defeat of Germany in the First World War led Woodrow Wilson to call for the creation of a League of Nations in which power would yield to morality, and force of arms to the dictates of public opinion. 1 Likewise as World War II ended it was clear that new-sprung national relationships were forming. As it became evident that the Allies would defeat the Axis powers, Winston Churchill pressed his American allies to focus on the eastern front power vacuum created by retreating German troops. The results, had the Americans heeded Churchill sssssssss vision, may have been substantially different power arrangements and relationships among states. The disintegration of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War might also be viewed as a colossal change. As a result of the collapse, the United States dominates all aspects of global power military, economic, diplomatic and some believe cultural. In what may be viewed as a new world order where the structure of international relationships are being rearranged the United States, as the world's dominant power, is faced with a huge challenge on a scale similar to what it faced at the end of the World Wars.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA432522
Entities
People
- John F. Jakubowski
Organizations
- National Defense University