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The aim of this article is to examine the similarities and differences between the use of force after 1990 and colonial police operations of the 19th and 20th Centuries. Our goal is to analyze and compare three aspects of these armed operations: the underlying ideologies, the aims and goals, and the means and methods. The article tends to demonstrate that today we assist to "the return of history", the pre-Cold War history, rather than to the "end of history". Despite some obvious differences between the two types of interventions, the article states that there are more similarities than divergences between these operations and that we are witnessing the emergence of a form of neocolonialism based on the liberal ideology.

This thesis examines the arguments and the modalities of justification of the military interventions of States, of the coalitions of the willing and of the regional organizations in the internal conflicts of other States by virtue of the international law, when these interventions take place outside the framework of the UNO. This type of intervention is current nowadays given that the intra-state conflicts constitute the overwhelming majority of world conflicts and taking into consideration the multidimensional crisis of the UNO. The justifications invoked by States as well as by the doctrine aim to legalize or at least to legitimize what would be considered at first sight as an illegal use of force under the law of the United Nations and in particular under the principle of non- intervention in civil wars. ; Cette thèse examine les arguments et les modalités de justification des interventions armées des Etats, des coalitions étatiques et des organisations régionales dans les conflits internes d'autres Etats sous le prisme du droit international, lorsque ces interventions sont menées en dehors du cadre de l'ONU. Ce type d'intervention caractérise notre époque où les conflits intra-étatiques constituent l'écrasante majorité des conflits mondiaux et où l'ONU traverse une crise pluridimensionnelle. Les justifications, invoquées aussi bien par les Etats que par la doctrine, visent à légaliser ou du moins à légitimer ce qui serait, à première vue, considéré comme un recours à la force illégal au regard du droit des Nations Unies et en particulier au regard du principe de non intervention dans les guerres civiles.

The just war theory, which grew out of medieval thought, is based on the criteria of just cause and appropriate authority. Modern political theory reformulates moral or religious arguments in political and legalistic terms, whereas contemporary political theory has to take into account the new realism, which hinges on the notion of sovereignty, and may have to critique it on behalf of a normative liberal approach. In this article, the author analyzes the elements of the classic doctrine that can be incorporated into the contemporary legalistic paradigm. Examining situations in which intervention is justified on the grounds of systematic violation of human rights, he applies the requirements for justifiable war just cause, appropriate authority and right intention to the US intervention in Iraq and finds that, even if there were good reasons for combating Saddam Hussein, the United States was by no means entitled to do so. Adapted from the source document.

Discusses French military interventions and delineates two types of participation into other countries' conflicts: humanitarian interventions and interventions involving active protection of civil populations from their aggressors with military forces.

The United States has been traditionally accused of having no real African policy. A period seems to avoid this statement because it was particularly rich in this domain. It is the period covering the years 1975 to 1995 and particularly the Southern Africa area. This foreign policy has however been fluctuating according to presidencies and influenced so much by the cold war and by the imperatives of national politics.After the collapse of the Portuguese empire, the United States have been taken by surprise in this strategic region in various areas. With the end of the Vietnam war, Cuba and the USSR launched an expansionist policy in Africa. These two parameters will create the conditions for a resurgence of interest of this region and give South Africa a key role when public opinions started to be more engaged against apartheid.The features and components of this policy, the decision-making process with multiple and varied actors are a particularly rich subject of study. What is the real part of the regional approach to a more holistic one? What are the specificities of Democratic and Republican administrations?At the military level, there has been some leniency towards the South African nuclear and biological program and the maintenance of the strong linkage between the military of both countries. The use of the CIA's covert operations, Mobutu's Zaire support, NATO's involvement and the resistance of the frontline states are all aspects of this rich history. ; Les États-Unis ont traditionnellement été accusés de ne pas avoir de réelle politique africaine. Une période semble échapper à cette affirmation car elle a été particulièrement riche dans ce domaine. Il s'agit des années 1975 à 1995 et particulièrement de la zone de l'Afrique australe. Cette politique étrangère a néanmoins été fluctuante au gré des présidences et influencée tant par la guerre froide et par des impératifs de politique nationale.Après l'effondrement de l'empire portugais, les États-Unis sont pris au dépourvu dans cette région stratégique à ...

The United States has been traditionally accused of having no real African policy. A period seems to avoid this statement because it was particularly rich in this domain. It is the period covering the years 1975 to 1995 and particularly the Southern Africa area. This foreign policy has however been fluctuating according to presidencies and influenced so much by the cold war and by the imperatives of national politics.After the collapse of the Portuguese empire, the United States have been taken by surprise in this strategic region in various areas. With the end of the Vietnam war, Cuba and the USSR launched an expansionist policy in Africa. These two parameters will create the conditions for a resurgence of interest of this region and give South Africa a key role when public opinions started to be more engaged against apartheid.The features and components of this policy, the decision-making process with multiple and varied actors are a particularly rich subject of study. What is the real part of the regional approach to a more holistic one? What are the specificities of Democratic and Republican administrations?At the military level, there has been some leniency towards the South African nuclear and biological program and the maintenance of the strong linkage between the military of both countries. The use of the CIA's covert operations, Mobutu's Zaire support, NATO's involvement and the resistance of the frontline states are all aspects of this rich history. ; Les États-Unis ont traditionnellement été accusés de ne pas avoir de réelle politique africaine. Une période semble échapper à cette affirmation car elle a été particulièrement riche dans ce domaine. Il s'agit des années 1975 à 1995 et particulièrement de la zone de l'Afrique australe. Cette politique étrangère a néanmoins été fluctuante au gré des présidences et influencée tant par la guerre froide et par des impératifs de politique nationale.Après l'effondrement de l'empire portugais, les États-Unis sont pris au dépourvu dans cette région stratégique à ...

The United States has been traditionally accused of having no real African policy. A period seems to avoid this statement because it was particularly rich in this domain. It is the period covering the years 1975 to 1995 and particularly the Southern Africa area. This foreign policy has however been fluctuating according to presidencies and influenced so much by the cold war and by the imperatives of national politics.After the collapse of the Portuguese empire, the United States have been taken by surprise in this strategic region in various areas. With the end of the Vietnam war, Cuba and the USSR launched an expansionist policy in Africa. These two parameters will create the conditions for a resurgence of interest of this region and give South Africa a key role when public opinions started to be more engaged against apartheid.The features and components of this policy, the decision-making process with multiple and varied actors are a particularly rich subject of study. What is the real part of the regional approach to a more holistic one? What are the specificities of Democratic and Republican administrations?At the military level, there has been some leniency towards the South African nuclear and biological program and the maintenance of the strong linkage between the military of both countries. The use of the CIA's covert operations, Mobutu's Zaire support, NATO's involvement and the resistance of the frontline states are all aspects of this rich history. ; Les États-Unis ont traditionnellement été accusés de ne pas avoir de réelle politique africaine. Une période semble échapper à cette affirmation car elle a été particulièrement riche dans ce domaine. Il s'agit des années 1975 à 1995 et particulièrement de la zone de l'Afrique australe. Cette politique étrangère a néanmoins été fluctuante au gré des présidences et influencée tant par la guerre froide et par des impératifs de politique nationale.Après l'effondrement de l'empire portugais, les États-Unis sont pris au dépourvu dans cette région stratégique à ...

US-European tensions over plans for a common European defense policy are examined in a speech given in Brussels on 23 May 2003 to introduce the colloquium "Core Group, Directoire, Enhanced Cooperation? Finding the Key to an Effective Foreign and Defence Policy for Europe"; the event was hosted by the Royal Instit for International Relations. Lessons from the US-Iraq war concern European public opinion about external policy, the Bush administration's disruption of European solidarity, the role that the US assigns to its allies in military operations, & the importance of pursuing new European diplomatic & defense policies. E. Taylor