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| | MONA FIXDAL, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, and DAN SMITH, International Peace Research ... |
 | | Others (e.g., Fisher 1994; Sharp 1994, 1997; Smith 1994,1997; Hehir 1995; Collins and Weiss 1997; Harff 1997) give the tradition a more important place in analyzing the literature on the appropriate modes of humanitarian intervention. |
 | | The purpose of this review essay is to show that the Just War framework is able to encompass most of the main arguments in the current humanitarian intervention literature and, thus, that the debate on humanitarian intervention would benefit from more explicit use of this framework. |
 | | Moreover; proportionality has a prudential component: given that the reason for a just war is to achieve a just cause and promote just peace, doing more harm than good is a waste of resources and time and will probably cause a loss of political prestige. |
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