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Theories of Just War in Contemporary Intervention Debates

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The NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999 was widely debated, with many supporters arguing it met just war criteria of just cause and last resort even though it lacked UN Security Council approval, challenging the link between just war and international law.

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When a government commits atrocities against its own people, other nations face a dilemma: intervene militarily without legal mandate, or stand by? Two Western philosophers from centuries ago still shape that agonizing choice.