NATO, Civilians, and the Responsibility to Protect: An analysis of NATO's severity of response as a measure of civilian suffering

Abstract

This paper was originally written for Professor Alexander Moens’ POL 484, NATO Field School, Simulation and Experiential Learning Program. The assignment asked students to write a research paper not to exceed 3000 words on questions pertaining to defence policy, military affairs, NATO, international crisis management, multilateral cooperation, Alliance relations, defence spending, peace and security, multinational operations, NATO-UN or NATO-EU/AU cooperation, etc. Papers were expected to incorporate original research, and include an introduction, literature review, theoretical framework, methodology, and references. This paper uses Chicago citation style.