The Study of Sovereignty, Intervention and Peace Operations in International Relations -- Analysing a Moving Target: Sovereignty, a Complex Concept -- Intervention, Justifications and Interpretations: The Case of ECOWAS in Liberia -- Sanctions, Justifications and Reactions: The Case of the Regional Initiative in Burundi -- Intervention, Justifications and Interpretations: The Case of SADC in Congo -- Capacity-Building and Local Ownership: Indicators of Sovereignty? -- (De)Stabilization -- So What?: An Analysis of the Political Consequences of the Interventions on a Regional and International Level -- Concluding Remarks
Summary
Nina Wiľn answers the paradoxical question of how to stabilize a state through external intervention without destabilizing sovereignty. She examines the justifications for international and regional interventions in the cases of Liberia, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
