The Intervention Dilemma

The Intervention Syndrome

How interventionist?

They are not terrified of the prospect of intervention.

During the recent Lebanon war, she called for Bill Clinton s intervention an insufficient answer for many people.

While such interventions by governments, non government groups and international agencies have helped, the time has now come to scale up the effort.

So which policy interventions are legitimate?

The situation demands the Secretary General s direct involvement.

It has no reason to intervene.

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It is time for the West to allow the Arab world to govern itself and to choose its path without Western military interference.

Following Ethiopia s intervention, the Islamists found themselves out of power.

Which intervention policies are legitimate, and which are not?

The effectiveness of surgery, for example, is hotly debated.

For the time being, there is no concrete religious implication.

I opposed military intervention for two reasons.

That is an overwhelming indictment that merits urgent policy action.

The dangers of both action and inaction are very high.

Indeed, Kosovo has become a Petri dish for international intervention.

I just worry about the boredom factor.

Nor do the other ancient motives for Western interference apply any longer.

But Americans do not like outside interference in their elections.

Putin now favors protectionism, state intervention, and subsidies.

Without direct government intervention, it would be difficult to fix the problem.

Brazil s finance minister referred to these numerous actions as the currency wars.

For example, we can inhibit genes now with RNA interference.

These multidimensional, scalable interventions help to bridge the gaps in developing regions.

Outside interference should always be avoided in situations such as this.

But all define the obese as an object for intervention.

The gains from financial innovation are too large for more heavy handed intervention.

But this was not a case of over regulating and over reaching.

On the other hand, the interventions have also undermined the East European financial systems.

After police intervention in Firuzaga, some groups took refuge at the coffee shop.

It was, until recently, operated by a system of subsidies and market intervention.

At this very moment, Lebanon s political leaders are meeting jointly for the first time in the country s modern history without the interference of Syria, France, or the United States.

At the same time, the governments of Chad and the Central African Republic would never have accepted NATO s intervention to help resolve the Darfur crisis.

After all, the Court has no means of its own to arrest anyone in Sudan, much less a head of state who commands the country s armed forces.

Strasbourg The European Union recently embarked on a policy of constructive engagement with Belarus.

Kosovo is often held up as a test case for the concept of humanitarian intervention.

Nor is there any prospect that someone else will intervene in Sudan to make an arrest.

On the other hand, the interventions have also undermined the East European financial systems. 160

A caretaker prime minister was in charge of the government when the army intervened.

At the same time, parts of the human rights community have backed recent US military interventions on the grounds of the Responsibility to Protect, or R2P.

But Putin s idea of what constitutes Russia s national interest makes that type of intervention unlikely.