A No-Fly Zone(NFZ)is a unique mode of humanitarian intervention which is understudied in international relations.This article focuses on the political dimension of NFZs in international relations and investigates thei...A No-Fly Zone(NFZ)is a unique mode of humanitarian intervention which is understudied in international relations.This article focuses on the political dimension of NFZs in international relations and investigates their implementations by empirically reviewing all three cases of NFZs to date.There may be efforts by intervening states to highlight humanitarian crises among certain targets to secure UN authorization for the NFZs;yet the implementation of NFZs is also driven largely by the security interests of enforcing states.As a result,there is the potential for those states implementing NFZs to transcend legal authorization and sometimes use excessive force,with likely calamitous results for local populations,or in extreme cases,accomplishing regime change by supporting opposition parties in target states.展开更多
During the political upheaval in the Middle East in 2011,the Western countries adopted a policy focusing on both military intervention and the so-called“humanitarian interference”in the Middle East countries.Europe,...During the political upheaval in the Middle East in 2011,the Western countries adopted a policy focusing on both military intervention and the so-called“humanitarian interference”in the Middle East countries.Europe,the US and other Western powers distorted the“legitimacy”authorized by the UN and took military means to impose regime change in Libya,seriously disrupting the order of international relations.Their intervention efforts in this have far exceeded the ones before the Cold War.In the Intervention,they tried to secure legalization of their intervention,to take collective intervention,as well as nurture and support the country’s opposition parties to cause the“civil war”approach as the model of intervention.Their intervention has been blatant,fraudulent,hidden,and mandatory.From the development trend,because of the importance of the geopolitical position and strategic energy position of the Middle East and North Africa,as well as Western powers’pursuit of global geopolitical interests,the Western powers’intervention in the Middle East and North Africa will continue.These countries will still be faced with the historical responsibility to oppose power intervention.Their self-development and ability to maintain their own security will continue to face serious challenges.展开更多
基金This article has been sponsored by the Core Research Base Project“The Comparative Study of the States outside the NPT Regime”(project number:11jz004)from Education Department of Shaanxi Provincial Government and two-class General Financial Grant for the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.:2012M521660).
文摘A No-Fly Zone(NFZ)is a unique mode of humanitarian intervention which is understudied in international relations.This article focuses on the political dimension of NFZs in international relations and investigates their implementations by empirically reviewing all three cases of NFZs to date.There may be efforts by intervening states to highlight humanitarian crises among certain targets to secure UN authorization for the NFZs;yet the implementation of NFZs is also driven largely by the security interests of enforcing states.As a result,there is the potential for those states implementing NFZs to transcend legal authorization and sometimes use excessive force,with likely calamitous results for local populations,or in extreme cases,accomplishing regime change by supporting opposition parties in target states.
基金The article is the phased result of the Social Sciences Innovation Project of the Institute of West Asian and African Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences“Study on hot issues in the Middle East and China’s countermeasures”.
文摘During the political upheaval in the Middle East in 2011,the Western countries adopted a policy focusing on both military intervention and the so-called“humanitarian interference”in the Middle East countries.Europe,the US and other Western powers distorted the“legitimacy”authorized by the UN and took military means to impose regime change in Libya,seriously disrupting the order of international relations.Their intervention efforts in this have far exceeded the ones before the Cold War.In the Intervention,they tried to secure legalization of their intervention,to take collective intervention,as well as nurture and support the country’s opposition parties to cause the“civil war”approach as the model of intervention.Their intervention has been blatant,fraudulent,hidden,and mandatory.From the development trend,because of the importance of the geopolitical position and strategic energy position of the Middle East and North Africa,as well as Western powers’pursuit of global geopolitical interests,the Western powers’intervention in the Middle East and North Africa will continue.These countries will still be faced with the historical responsibility to oppose power intervention.Their self-development and ability to maintain their own security will continue to face serious challenges.
