A Brief Analysis of Conflict Intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War
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https://doi.org/10.54097/ijeh.v4i2.1621Keywords:
Military intervention, Mediation, The United Nations, Geopolitical.Abstract
Since the post–Cold War era to the current development of world multi-polarization, the global society has maintained a situation of overall peace, ease and stability, but local wars, turbulence and tension, among which conflict intervention has increasingly become a hot issue. Rather than being a conventional form of confrontation just involving the two sides, a conflict will always involve third-party actors such as great powers and international institutions. This article aims to illustrate the most appropriate role for international actors in a conflict society through analyzing the intervention case in the Sri Lankan Civil War while referencing some arguments about international norms and morality.
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