Intervention 2

Question 1

Roberts suggest that Geopolitics did not cause the intervention in Kosovo, what does he suggest instead?

Answer 1

• Guilt in USA and EUR over not intervening for 7 years of war in Yugo
• Fear of a refugee influx esp in Macedonia.

Question 2

Which regional security body issued a declaration for withdrawal of military forces from Central Asia?

Answer 2

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in 2005

Question 3

What UNSC resolution referred to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and what did it call for?

Answer 3

Resolution 660 - demanded Iraq withdrew its forces ‘immediately and unconditionally’ from Kuwait. Urged both countries to resolve their differences through negotiations.

Question 4

How many refugees were created by the unrest in Somalia in the early 90s?

Answer 4

Around 1 million

Question 5

Why were RUS and CHI unsupportive of action in Kosovo?

Answer 5

• They did not want to create an int’l precedent that one day might apply to them

Question 6

What does Chapter 7 of the UN Charter authorise the UNSC to do?

Answer 6

Authorises the UNSC to identify ‘any threat to the peace, breach of the peace or act of aggression’ and take action restore internal peace and sec

Question 7

In what year did the Kosovo Liberation Army begin an offensive against the Yugoslav federal Army and Police

Answer 7

The KLA started its offensive in 1998

Question 8

How long did Milosevic hold out for under NATO bombing and in which year?

Answer 8

2 months in 1999

Question 9

How does Mandelbaum describe the Clinton Doctrine?

Answer 9

“Punishing the innocent in order to express indignation at the guilty”

Question 10

How can intervention sometimes be enlarged?

Answer 10

• Using the armed forces for protection of nationals abroad; or
• rescuing nationals from abroad.