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This study tackles a controversial topic in international law and contemporary international relations, namely, the legality of intervention by a major power against weaker states within the same geographic region. Specifically, the author examines the practice of United States intervention in the Western Hemisphere, with particular emphasis on the relationship between the United States and its Latin American and Caribbean neighbours. The work highlights six cases of U.S. intervention-Guatemala in 1954, Cuba in 1961, the Dominican Republic in 1965, Grenada in 1983, Nicaragua in 1985, and Panama in 1989. In each case the United States arguably violated international law and the sovereignty of the states involved but claimed it had a right to intervene to protect the lives of its nationals or to defend its national security against an external threat. These cases amply demonstrate the conflict between international law on the one hand, and regional norms, power politics, and political doctrines on the other. They also illustrate how international law can be manipulated to advance the foreign policy goals of a major power. The author adopts an interdisciplinary approach, combining international law, political doctrines, international relations theory and historical antecedents, to provide a better understanding of the relationship between a major power and its subordinates and of the relevance of international law in such a relationship.
This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by the Government Printing Office in Washington, 1903.
The Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress prepared this compilation of materials and bibliographic references to assist collegiate debaters on the annual topic selected for intercollegiate debate. The excerpts from books, periodicals, and other documents were selected to provide background information, an overview of the principal issues, and a balance of opposing views.
The activities of the Security Council have expanded tremendously since the end of the Cold War and scholarly interest on the work of the Council has also accelerated. The Security Council is at the centre of the United Nations regime for maintaining international peace and security. The Council is given broad enforcement powers under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations to force states to comply with its demands. Decisions of the Security Council adopted under Chapter VII take precedence over all other obligations of member states. However, some Security Council decisions reflect the geopolitical interests of individual Permanent Members of the Council and not necessarily the interests of the United Nations. These decisions sometimes appear to conflict with United Nations Law. This book surveys the manner in which the Security Council has managed international conflicts and the extent to which the Council's decisions have been consistent with United Nations Law.
This edited volume revisits the idea of the Western Hemisphere. First articulated by Arthur P. Whitaker in 1954 but with origins in the earlier work of Herbert E. Bolton, it is the idea that "the peoples of this Hemisphere stand in a special relationship to one another which sets them apart from the rest of the word" (Whitaker, 1954). For most scholars of US-Latin American relations, this is a curious concept. They often conceptualize US-Latin American relations through the prism of realism and interventionism. While this volume does not deny that the United States has often acted as an imperial power in Latin America, it is unique in that it challenges scholars to re-think their preconceived notions of inter-American relations and explores the possibility of a common international society for the Americas, especially in the realm of international relations. Unlike most volumes on US-Latin American relations, the book develops its argument in an interdisciplinary manner, bringing together different approaches from disciplines including international relations, global and diplomatic history, human rights studies, and cultural and intellectual history.