A New Generation Draws the Line: Kosovo, East Timor, and the "Responsibility to Protect" Today

by Noam Chomsky

Overview

How do we understand the role and ethics of humanitarian intervention in today’s world? This expanded and updated edition is timely as the West weighs intervention in Libyan civil war. Discussions of Libyan intervention involved the international principle of “the right to protect” (R2P). Chomsky dissects the meaning and uses of this international instrument in a new chapter. Other chapters from the book help readers understand the West’s uses and abuses of “humanitarian intervention,” which is not always what it seems, including detailed studies of East Timor and Kosovo.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040266649
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/03/2025
Series:	Chomsky from Routledge
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	186

About the Author

Noam Chomsky is one of the most cited scholars in history and has profoundly shaped contemporary understanding of American politics. He has authored numerous books on linguistics, history and politics. He is Institute Professor (emeritus) in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT, and Laureate Professor of Linguistics and Agnese Nelms Haury Chair in the Program in Environment and Social Justice at the University of Arizona.

Table of Contents

Foreword (Jean Bricmont) 1. Intentional Ignorance and Its Uses, 2. “Green Light” for War Crimes, 3. Kosovo in Retrospect, 4. Human Rights in the New Millennium