Armed Interventions

There are three types of Armed Interventions; Unilaterally in self-defense, multilateral in order to restore peace and multilateral as a regional collective defense action (Viotti and Kauppi, 2007)

The only conflicts that I could foresee would be between unilateral self-defense and through a multilaterally when authorized by the UN Security Council. The conflict arises when a country has been attacked. They want to go ahead and retaliate on the offender, but the U N Security Council may see it differently. They may want to negotiate a peaceful solution before a situation can escalate into a war conflict. Secondly, if both countries are part of the UN the situation would definitely be a lot more complex. In the case of humanitarian intervention, the conflict is not a great because of its legitimacy. According to Article III of The Legitimacy Of Armed Humanitarian Intervention, The Jus ad Bellum, is the right to use force in international relations. If I were President of the United States, my criteria would be very simple; utilize the criteria already in place, because it covers all the bases. When to intervene, when to protect, and when to retaliate would be the primary questions