National Sovereignty, Oppressive Government, and the US Role in the Wor

National Sovereignty, Oppressive Government, and the US Role in the World Introduction The American attack against Afghanistan that was triggered by the September eleventh tragedy once again raised the question of US voice in the orbit. The current military intervention also touched the loose of the major factors, defining the course of US international policy. In the globalized world today the ratio of soft power (the ability to attract by cultural and ideological appeal) to hard power (a countrys scotch and military ability to buy and coerce) used in solving international conflicts is constantly increasing (Nye 2). However, military campaigns still provide a counseling out of deepening international crises. Should America, then, engage in indiscriminate human-centred interventions, advancing its ideas of democracy, human rights and liberty, or should it be militarily concerned moreover with international affairs that have a direct bearing on US vital national interes ts? In my paper I debate that the US violation of a countrys sovereignty should issue forth only after a careful consideration and deep probe of the reasons behind an international conflict. Moreover, all interventions should be based on special achievable end-goals and strategies. Also, US military campaigns rationale should suit Americas vital national self-interest, as I define it later. Several reasons behave such an international policy First, in the long run the minus effects of a military international intervention, even if against oppressive governments, could very outweigh the positive ones. Moreover, coercive policy could, in fact, aggravate a conflict by providing grounds for long lasting hostility, aggression, or ev... ...osnia and Kosovo. The diary of Social, Political and Economic Studies v. 25,( 2000) p. 489-510Nye, Joseph S. Jr., Redefining the National interest. Foreign Affairs, (July/August 1999) p. 22+Rule, throng B., On evils abroad and Americas new world order. dissent v. 46, no3 (1999) p. 50 57Smith, Tony, Morality and the use of force in a unipolar world the Wilsonian moment?. Eyhics and International Affairs v. 14, (2000) p. 11-22 http//www.cceia.org/lib_volume14.htmlTarzi, Shah M., The scourge of the use of force in American post-cold war policy in the Third World. Journal of Third World Studies v. 18, no1, (2001) p. 39-64 The U.S. Nuclear Weapons Cost poll Project