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HI-01-01 State Sovereignty and the Ethics of Intervention
This introduces a series of tensions: between order and justice in international society; between realist and liberal takes on humanitarian intervention; between current international legal ...
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HI-01-02 Images, Empathy, and the Humanitarian Impulse
In this lesson we discuss the role of emotions in motivating the humanitarian impulse, and the role of media and elite in conditioning the way ...
MAY 10, 2022 • page
HI-01-03 Was the Iraq War a "Humanitarian" Intervention?
This lesson takes the form of a classroom debate to reenact a heated discussion that took place in the pages of "Ethics & International Affairs" in 2005 ...
MAY 10, 2022 • page
HI-02-01 Somalia: A Failed Intervention?
What do the decisions to intervene in Somalia and the subsequent decision to withdraw tell us about the relationship between domestic politics and humanitarianism?
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HI-03-01 From the Right to Intervene to the Responsibility to Protect
With ongoing inaction and non-coordination over the certain crises around the globe, can the responsibility to protect gather sufficient support, strength—can it even survive—...
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HI-03-03 Environmental Security and Ecological Intervention
Is environmental protection a legitimate reason to interfere in the affairs of another state? Is the answer to this question the same for state interference ...
MAY 10, 2022 • page
Lesson Plans
The Council presents a series of lesson plans on ethical issues in international affairs. These lesson plans can be combined to create modules.
MAY 10, 2022 • page
YouTube in the Classroom
Professor Mazzucelli (Hofstra and NYU) gives tips on choosing YouTube clips for the classroom and offers some examples.