Severoatlantická aliance a řešení ozbrojených konfliktů: Komparace angažmá v Kosovu a Libyi
NATO and Armed Conflict Resolution: Comparison NATO engagement in Kosovo and Libya

Author(s): Zdeněk Kříž
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Social Sciences, Sociology, Military history, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, Studies in violence and power, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: NATO; security alliance of democratic states; military policy; international law; humanitarian crisis; Kosovo; Libya;
Summary/Abstract: The following conclusions may be drawn from the analysis of cases in which NATO, as a security alliance of democratic states, proactively engaged in armed conflict through the use of military force, and in which its policies sparked controversy with regard to perceptions of international law. The Alliance employs military force in situations where an extensive humanitarian disaster is ongoing, impending, or anticipated, and where the international community exhibits strong expectations that NATO should address the escalating crisis. Both of the examined cases involved humanitarian disaster; however, both crises proved less severe than anticipated by the international community at the time of NATO’s military engagement.

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