International Intervention and the Use of Force

Intervening states apply different approaches to the use force in war-torn countries. Calibrating the use of force according to the situation on the ground requires a convergence of military and police roles: soldiers have to be able to scale down, and police officers to scale up their use of force....

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description Intervening states apply different approaches to the use force in war-torn countries. Calibrating the use of force according to the situation on the ground requires a convergence of military and police roles: soldiers have to be able to scale down, and police officers to scale up their use of force. In practice, intervening states display widely differing abilities to demonstrate such versatility. This paper argues that these differences are shaped by how the domestic institutions of sending states mediate between demands for versatile force and their own intervention practices. It considers the use of force by Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States in three contexts of international intervention: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Afghanistan. The paper highlights quite different responses to security problems as varied as insurgency, terrorism, organised crime and riots. This analysis offers important lessons. Those planning and implementing international interventions should take into account differences in the use of force. At the same time, moving towards versatile force profoundly changes the characteristics of security forces and may increase their short-term risks. This difficulty points to a key message emerging from this paper: effective, sustainable support to states emerging from conflict will only be feasible if intervening states reform their own security policies and practices.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-330382025-01-22T18:57:33Z International Intervention and the Use of Force Friesendorf, Cornelius security sector reform good governance democracy intervention use of force versatile force thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence Intervening states apply different approaches to the use force in war-torn countries. Calibrating the use of force according to the situation on the ground requires a convergence of military and police roles: soldiers have to be able to scale down, and police officers to scale up their use of force. In practice, intervening states display widely differing abilities to demonstrate such versatility. This paper argues that these differences are shaped by how the domestic institutions of sending states mediate between demands for versatile force and their own intervention practices. It considers the use of force by Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States in three contexts of international intervention: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Afghanistan. The paper highlights quite different responses to security problems as varied as insurgency, terrorism, organised crime and riots. This analysis offers important lessons. Those planning and implementing international interventions should take into account differences in the use of force. At the same time, moving towards versatile force profoundly changes the characteristics of security forces and may increase their short-term risks. This difficulty points to a key message emerging from this paper: effective, sustainable support to states emerging from conflict will only be feasible if intervening states reform their own security policies and practices. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2019-03-04 09:46:10 2020-04-01T10:51:08Z 2012 book 1004239 OCN: 1078955207 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25847 9781911529316 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/33038 eng SSR Papers open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25847/1/international-intervention-and-the-use-of-force.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25847/1/international-intervention-and-the-use-of-force.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25847/1/international-intervention-and-the-use-of-force.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25847/1/international-intervention-and-the-use-of-force.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/25847/1/international-intervention-and-the-use-of-force.pdf Ubiquity Press 10.5334/bbo 10.5334/bbo c23860c2-a2ee-4bf2-9f6d-4dc8a3814448 9781911529316 97 London open access
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International Intervention and the Use of Force
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use of force
versatile force
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