| | What Makes Humanitarian Military Interventions Effective? |
| | 0,11 | | MB |
| | 23 | | stron |
| | 6547 | | ID | SIPRI, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute |
| | 2001 | | rok |
| | Abstract |
| | This article assesses the consequences of eight military interventions in Somalia and Rwanda in |
| | terms of the number of lives saved. It argues that variations in outcome are mainly due to factors |
| | under the intervenor’s control. To succeed, the decision to intervene must lead to identification of |
| | the objectives of military action, which determine the strategy needed to save lives. Whether or not |
| | a particular strategy saves lives depends on the intervenor’s motives, capabilities and response |
| | time. A two-by-two matrix with one humanitarian dimension and one political dimension puts |
| | humanitarian actions into political context and displays considerable explanatory and prescriptive |
| | power. Among the findings is that most humanitarian interventions are far more likely to succeed |
| | when the intervenor has political motives as well as humanitarian ones. |