“Respect for state sovereignty remains the basis for international order. Explain the arguments FOR and AGAINST greater international intervention to prevent and resolve mass violence within states. Provide examples to support your argument.”

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Explain
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State sovereignty
International order
International intervention
Mass violence

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The topic is asking me to expand on both the positive and negative effects of global involvement in the internal affairs of independent nations with regard to the avoidance and settling of large-scale bloodshed. It requires me to substantiate my arguments both in favour of and in opposition to such intervention through detailed examples. The foundation of the essay rests on the premise that global stability lies on the principle of non-interference in the goings on of other self-governing nations.

Possible examples that can be used to determine the dual consequences of the interference of nations into matters that affect another particular state are the crises of Burundi, Columbia, Israel and possibly Zimbabwe.




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