The concepts of humanitarian intervention and responsibility to protect. Development, continuity and periodization.
https://doi.org/10.48137/2074-2975_2025_4_61
Abstract
The concepts of humanitarian intervention and responsibility to protect are important due to the significance of the consequences of their appli cation in international relations. These concepts formed the basis of NATO’s Bosnian operation, the intervention in Iraq, the Kosovo bombings, the aggression in Libya, etc. In the field of the subject field, specific mili tary interventions and concepts are considered in isolation from each other. In the article humanitarian intervention and responsibility to pro tect are presented in a synthetic unity of evolution and a periodization of their successive development is given.
About the Author
T. V. Epifanova
Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
EPIFANOVA Tatyana V. – Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of International Relations, Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
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Epifanova T.V. The concepts of humanitarian intervention and responsibility to protect. Development, continuity and periodization. Обозреватель–Observer. 2025;(4):61-73. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.48137/2074-2975_2025_4_61
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