Forcing Democracy: Is Military Intervention for Regime Change Permissible?

Müge Kınacıoğlu

Article Details

Forcing Democracy: Is Military Intervention for Regime Change Permissible?

Authors:

Müge Kınacıoğlu

Publisher:

Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research, İhsan Doğramacı Peace Foundation

Main Topics:

Sociology and anthropology

Journal:

All Azimuth: A Journal of Foreign Policy and Peace 2012 Vol.1 Issue 1, pp.28-48

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2012

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000664776

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

eISSN:

2757-9026

pISSN:

2146-7757

Abstract:

 


This article intends to go beyond the
consequentialist utilitarian approaches to forcible regime change by addressing
the question of forcing democracy-building from an angle of appropriateness. It
aims to analyze the admissibility of pro-democratic military interventions in
international society by focusing on the UN and state practice. Is military
intervention to remove a tyrannical regime permissible in international law? To
what extend does international society condone an outside force to impose a
democratic regime? Does the practice of the UN Security Council in promotion of
democracy by force point to an emerging norm with regards to expansive concept
of humanitarian intervention? To analyze such questions, this article first
provides for a discussion of the concept of intervention. Second, it overviews the
normative framework of the use of force in international relations. It
continues with the analysis of unilateral and multilateral pro-democratic
military interventions, and the UN Security Council practice of condemning,
authorizing or consequently endorsing democratic regime change in the target
states. In the conclusion part, the article assesses the legality and
legitimacy issue regarding the pro-democratic intervention and regime change in
light of main norms enshrined in the UN Charter and in general international
law.


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Article Details

Forcing Democracy: Is Military Intervention for Regime Change Permissible?

Authors: Müge Kınacıoğlu

Publisher: Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research, İhsan Doğramacı Peace Foundation

Main Topics: Sociology and anthropology

Journal: All Azimuth: A Journal of Foreign Policy and Peace 2012 Vol.1 Issue 1, pp.28-48

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 1/2012

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000664776

Frequency: Bi-Annual

eISSN: 2757-9026

pISSN: 2146-7757

Issues

Authors:

Müge Kınacıoğlu

Publisher:

Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research, İhsan Doğramacı Peace Foundation

Main Topics:

Sociology and anthropology

Journal:

All Azimuth: A Journal of Foreign Policy and Peace 2012 Vol.1 Issue 1, pp.28-48

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2012

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000664776

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

eISSN:

2757-9026

pISSN:

2146-7757