Episode 19, Parenting Tips For International Intervention

On this episode, Nicholas, Stephen, Valida, and Matthew debate the criteria and preconditions needed to justify international intervention. In other words, when would the United States be justified to conduct a military intervention in a dictatorship or humanitarian crisis? Is there ever a justification, or should policymakers look only towards furthering American interests? Matthew and Nicholas also provide a few parenting tips that can be applied to international disputes.

Links

League of Arab States

The Future of War: A History

General Eric Shinseki

Obama Red Line Speech

Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons

Copenhagen Theory