HIST 2340W Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: United Nations Operation In Somalia Ii, Humanitarian Intervention, Sam Nunn
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Dealing with challenges new challenges and new advantages humanitarian problems and interventions somalia why did clinton engage in them? what did he hope to achieve? new philosophy that undergirded clinton interventions. *talbott claimed that the sovereignty of individual governments are not absolute. Ii had to promote security stability policing and getting the economy going. Ii challenged by somalia warlord by mohammed farrah adid constant skirmishes between him and un troops. *the us not only has responsibility for its own image and ideas, has responsibility to raise living standards and improve lives abroad. *interest and concern for humanitarian issues and american strategic interests. *also concerned about american credibility intervention was unpopular, withdrew eventually but other cases worked out better for him. 1991 cout de etat overthrow democratically elected president jean bread aristide result of this is 10s of thousands of haitian refugees the boat people coming from haiti, what to do about them what is us responsibility in this case.
