Russia s approaches to military interventions. A comparative case study of Georgia and Syria.
Journal: Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo)
Year: 2014

This thesis compares the justifications by the Russian authorities on their stance on military intervention in the cases of Georgia and Syria. The justifications are examined through an idea analysis, using ideal types based on the solidarist and pluralist versions of international society of the English School Theory (EST). The two branches disagree to the extent values and norms can be shared by members of international society, and therefore represent opposing positions on the legitimacy of m