Pros And Cons Of Preemptive Intervention

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Is an intervention in another state ever justified? First, there has to be an understanding of what an intervention is, and Nye defines Intervention as the, “external actions that influence the domestic affairs of another sovereign state” (Nye 209). A justified intervention is when one state needs to intervene in another state for individual justice and human rights. Intervention is a liberalist idea because it is there to seek progress and liberty. So, it is then easy to say, that the intervening that the U.S. done in Iraq in 2003 was not justified because there was immediate danger to the U.S. and or any of its allies. However, an intervened attack on ISIS would be justified because there is individual justice and human rights in danger. …show more content…
Nye says legitimate preemptive intervention is only allowed, “If there is a clear and serious threat to a state’s territorial integrity and political sovereignty, it must act right away or it will have no chance to act later” (Nye 212). Legitimate preemptive intervention as described by Nye should only be used if the threat to one’s state’s sovereignty is imminent. As long as the threat is imminent preemptive intervention is legitimate, but if the threat is not imminent and preemptive intervention is used then the intervention is a violation to a state’s sovereignty because there is no immediate need for intervention. This is where the idea of preemptive war and preventive wars come into play. The difference is that preemptive war is used when war is imminent, but preventive war is used when a leader believes that war would be better sooner rather than later. Preventive wars are the part of preemptive intervention, that is a violation to a state’s sovereignty because there is a no clear threat or danger caused by that state. An example of legitimate preemptive intervention as presented by Nye is, “the Israeli attacks in 1967” and violations of preemptive intervention include, “1979 Soviet intervention in Afghanistan” or most recently “During the buildup to the 2003 Iraq Wars” (Nye 212). As shown by Nye’s examples there is a clear difference in which preemptive intervention is legitimate and which is a violation of a state’s sovereignty, especially, with the 2003 Iraq
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