{"id":2133,"date":"2010-02-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T09:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crrc.am\/blog\/humanitarian-intervention-an-option-or-a-requirement-for-american-foreign-policy\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T10:39:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T06:39:28","slug":"humanitarian-intervention-an-option-or-a-requirement-for-american-foreign-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crrc.am\/en\/blog\/humanitarian-intervention-an-option-or-a-requirement-for-american-foreign-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Humanitarian Intervention: An Option or a Requirement for American Foreign Policy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">On January 26, 2010, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cceia.org\/about\/staff\/fellows\/william_c__vocke.html\">Dr. William C. Vocke<\/a>, Senior Fellow and Senior Program Director at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cceia.org\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs<\/a>, delivered a lecture on the topic of \u201cHumanitarian Intervention: An Option or a Requirement for American Foreign Policy?\u201d organized in partnership with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brusov.am\/edefault.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Yerevan State Linguistic University<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div><a title=\"Humanitarian Intervention\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/gohar\/humanitarian-intervention\"><object width=\"300\" height=\"150\"><param value=\"\/\/static.slidesharecdn.com\/swf\/ssplayer2.swf?doc=humanitarianintervention-100201054318-phpapp01&amp;stripped_title=humanitarian-intervention\" \/><param value=\"true\" \/><param value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"\/\/static.slidesharecdn.com\/swf\/ssplayer2.swf?doc=humanitarianintervention-100201054318-phpapp01&amp;stripped_title=humanitarian-intervention\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" \/><\/object><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<p>Dr. Vocke was invited to Armenia as a main lecturer for &#8220;Redefining American Democracy\u201d winter school, organized by Yerevan State Linguistic University in cooperation with the United States Embassy in Armenia. The school took place in Tsakhkadzor on January 27-31, 2010, and covered issues related to the American political system, society, institutions, and foreign policy. Before the winter school Dr. Vocke generously agreed to give two lectures at CRRC-Armenia and YSLU on January 26 and 25, 2010.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"300\" height=\"150\"><param value=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/dyXDMAd64Lw&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param value=\"true\" \/><param value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/dyXDMAd64Lw&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>For more on the US foreign policy, including articles, papers, reports, audio, and video resources, please, visit Carnegie Council Ethics in International Affairs website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cceia.org\/\">www.cceia.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; On January 26, 2010, Dr. William C. 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