Prof. Brendan M. Howe Contemporary International March 23, 2011 Politics Jamola Khusanjanova ID 102SIS65

OUTLINE Notion of Liberal Internationalism  Famous thinkers  Humanitarian intervention Case study of Kosovo  Background information of humanitarian interventi on to Kosovo  Humanitarian intervention in Liberal Internationalism perspectives

Liberal Internationalism  making International Politics more like domestic;  changing bilateral diplomacy to multilateral;  “goodness” and “reasonableness”;  going to war to an individual state is irrational;  war is not profitable ;  “bad” behavior is because of bad institutions and structural arrangements

Basic tenets of Liberal Internationalism -democratic institution; -commercial spirit -federation of independent republics Immanuel Kant -international financiers -trans governmental organizations Bruce Russet -international financiers -trans governmental organizations Jon O’Neal

Liberal Internationalism & Humanitarian intervention Liberal internationalists promote rule of law among state  Humanitarian intervention -state sovereignty; -sanction to use power; 5

Justification and support for use of force Liberal Internationalism  Self defense  humanitarian intervention  Promotion of democratic regime  Extreme sensitivity to cost of war Realism  Self defense  Violation of state sovereignty  Containment of rising power

Liberal internationalism vs Realism Liberal InternationalismRealism GoalsSurvival Actors’ behavior un der Anarchy Promote social learning though: Institutions Ideas Increase power to ensure survival What forms state b ehavior? International society as cooperation of free association of individuals Self-help because No world government Cooperation amongst states unreliable Logic of anarchyCooperative, win-win- situations Conflictual, zero-sum game

Case study of Kosovo Yugoslavia  Macedonian, Slovene, Serbian 1947  Socialistic Republic of Yugoslavia as an example of multinational state 1991  breakup of Yugoslavia  Slovenia  Serbia  Croatia  Macedonia  Bosnia & Hertigovina  Montenegro  Kosovo

Humanitarian intervention January 19, 1999 – Richak massacre 45 people “Rambouillet Agreement” March 24 –June  Humanitarian Intervention  bombing Yugoslavia -2,108 corpses death -529 grave sites in total June 10, 1999 – resolution

“…when some one brakes the rules of international community the international community must punish the violator of rules… ” “…Milosevic and Yugoslav Serbs clearly broke the rules and international society punish them…” Bill Clinton 11

Criticism “…victims of Operation Allied Force became inesent citizens of Yugoslavia… ” Irgy Disntbert representative of UN on human rights in Yugoslavia “RIA news” “due to bombing the chemical factories were damaged and ecology of Danay river was hurt …” Working paper # 21(580)of Echo of earth May

Activity “Jus ad bellum” – right to wage a war What do you think had all six requirements which give the right to wage a war been reached intervention to Kosovo?

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