Foreign & International Law, Treaties, Political Science, National & International Security, Law, International Relations 

National sovereignty defined as a nation’s right to exercise it own law and practice over it territory. Is a cherished norm in the modern era. And yet it raises great legal. Political and ethical dilemma.
Should sovereignty be respected under all condition, or are there instances in which interference in a state’s internal affair becomes not only a right, but a duty? What responsibility do striking violation of international norms committed within a sovereign state pose to the international community? What constitutes an international ‘community’ in this regard and under what conditions and restraints should intervene? What should be the role of domestic forces and international bodies in defining the need to intervene and how can be justified intervention be distinguished from sheer breach of sovereignty?
Since the end of cold war, these questions have shifted from the realm of theory to the domain of practice. Policy makers all over the world are haunted by the sovereignty versus responsibility dilemma which lies at the core of the emerging international order, and may be expected to become even more central in the future.
This study is distinguished by its interdisciplinary nature, as well as by balance between scholarly approaches and humanitarian concerns. It is presented with a sense of urgency enhance by recent events in Kosovo, East Timor and elsewhere, which brought to bear both the tragedy and the complexities and difficulties of intervention.
 

National sovereignty, defined as a nation's right to exercise its own law and practise over its territory, is a cherished norm in the modern era, and yet it raises great legal, political and ethical dilemmas. This study looks at the problems created by international intervention.  

TABLES OF CONTENTS
THEORY AND HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION
1. Theory of humanitarian intervention......................................................P 3
Howard Adelman
COGNITIVE AND DOMESTIC SOURCES OF INTERVENTION
2. Intellectual without borders..................................................................P 27
Michael Kerel
3. When is intervention likely?..................................................................P 40
Arie Nadler
4. Deciding whether to intervene…………………………………………………...........……….P 56
Donald A. Sylvan and Jon C. Penthouse
5. The Media and The International Intervention………………………………...........…P 75
Akiba Cohan
CONSTRAINTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF INTERVENTION
6. The UN Experience in Modern Intervention………………………….............………..P 95
Rudiger Wolfrun
7. International as a challenge for the military……………........…………….……...….P 114
Gusteav Duniker
8. Canadian Discourse on Peacekeeping……………………………….................……...P 126
Burry Cooper
9. Multilateral Intervention and the International Community……….............…P 147
Bruce Cronin
SCHOLARS AGAINST GENOCIDE
10. Scholars against Genocide…………………………………………………...........………….P 169
Neal Riemer