INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACTORS AFFECTlNG THE HUMANlTARlAN POLlCY OF THE USA
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACTORS AFFECTlNG THE HUMANlTARlAN POLlCY OF THE USA

Summary/Abstract: The primary purpose of this study is to determine the foreign policy objectives of the USA for humanitarian crises. It also aims to examine the factors affecting the foreign policy objectives of the United States. The USA's foreign policy objectives regarding humanitarian crises are based on national security, economic interests, etc. are classified as interests. Human rights and democracy are considered US values. The US approach to humanitarian crises is also affected by internal factors, such as the US public opinion, congress, and the preferences of the US president, and external factors, by regional and local actors and the reaction of the international community. The interventions in Bosnia in 1995, Kosovo in 1999 and Libya in 2011, in which the USA took part, were selected as comparative case studies. Statements of decision-makers and foreign policy documents were scanned. In all three cases, it was concluded that the USA acted in humanitarian crises on the condition that its national interests were combined with the humanitarian situation, but there were internal and external factors that affected the objectives of intervention.

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