Provide a 9 pages analysis while answering the following question: Humanitarian Intervention. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide. An abstract is required.

Provide a 9 pages analysis while answering the following question: Humanitarian Intervention. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide. An abstract is required. It has also been at the forefront to restore democracy as well as suppressing armed militia for example in Somalia during the first battle of Mogadishu, invasion in Afghanistan among others. As it is today, the global economy depends highly on peace especially due to the various international trade organizations in place and hence, any country which may seem to jeopardize growth as a result of war and oppressive leadership should be made to account for its own shortcomings. These interventions, however, should not be based on the greed to serve personal vendettas but for the common good of preserving humanity. This essay is a critical evaluation of the humanitarian intervention, supporting the idea that they can only be successful if conducted by strong states, citing examples of successes and failures mostly from the US perspective.

Humanitarian interventions as discussed herein involve exercising liberty to disregard the sovereignty of a country with a genuine reason in order to protect the rights of the citizens as the understanding of international customary law dictates (Nye 2008 p 66). Many citizens continue to die as a result of power-hungry politicians, who are willing and able to kill their fellow countrymen for them to remain in power. In defense, rebel movements, especially in the third world countries, continue to emerge resulting in more deaths and destruction of property. The Iraq government for example under the watch of president Saddam did not only pose a great threat to its neighbors such as Iran and Kuwait but also to its own citizens, who faced brutality from security forces, especially those who dared to criticize his rule. It is estimated that 300000 Iraqis died as a result of atrocities committed against them by Saddam’s regime. Most of these victims&nbsp.were targeted on the basis of their ethnicity as most of them were Kurds and Shiite Muslims.