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International Intervention (international + intervention)

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Humanities and Social Sciences75%

Selected Abstracts

International Intervention and the Severity of Genocides and Politicides

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES QUARTERLY, Issue 3 2005
Matthew Krain
This study examines the effectiveness of overt military intervention in slowing or stopping the killing during ongoing instances of genocide or politicide. Six alternative hypotheses regarding the potential effects of intervention on genocide/politicide severity are tested in a cross-national longitudinal analysis of all ongoing genodices or politicides from 1995 to 1997. The results suggest that interventions that directly challenge the perpetrator or aid the target of the brutal policy are the only effective type of military responses, increasing the probability that the magnitude of the slaughter can be slowed or stopped. Impartial interventions seem to be ineffective at reducing severity, and interventions to challenge the perpetrator do not make matters worse for the targets of genocide or politicide. The findings are consistent with recent arguments that attempts to prevent or alleviate mass killings should focus on opposing, restraining, or disarming perpetrators and/or removing them from power. [source]

Democratic Designs: International Intervention and Electoral Practices in Postwar Bosnia-Herzegovina by Kimberly Coles

AMERICAN ETHNOLOGIST, Issue 1 2009
JESSICA GREENBERG
No abstract is available for this article. [source]

Does Peacekeeping Keep Peace?

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES QUARTERLY, Issue 2 2004
International Intervention, the Duration of Peace After Civil War
This article examines international interventions in the aftermath of civil wars to see whether peace lasts longer when peacekeepers are present than when they are absent. Because peacekeeping is not applied to cases at random, I first address the question of where international personnel tend to be deployed. I then attempt to control for factors that might affect both the likelihood of peacekeepers being sent and the ease or difficulty of maintaining peace so as to avoid spurious findings. I find, in a nutshell, that peacekeeping after civil wars does indeed make an important contribution to the stability of peace. [source]

The Eight Cs: A Guide to Success in an International Emergency Medicine Educational Collaboration

ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE, Issue 7 2008
Scott G. Weiner MD
Abstract The Tuscan Emergency Medicine Initiative (TEMI) is a comprehensive emergency medicine (EM) training program designed to build an EM training infrastructure in Tuscany, Italy. The program has successfully trained a team of instructors using a train-the-trainers model, certified 350 physicians who are already practicing in emergency departments (EDs), and established a master's program as a bridge to specialty training at the region's three universities. Using lessons learned from this program, the authors identify eight factors (The Eight Cs) that can serve as a guide to implementing a collaborative EM program in other environments: collaboration, context, culture, credibility, consulting, consistency, critique, and conclusion. Each of these topics is described in detail and may be useful to other international interventions. [source]