Liberal internationalism

Liberal internationalism is a foreign policy doctrine that argues two main points: first, that international organizations shouldmultilateral agreements between states that uphold rules-based norms as living as promote liberal democracy, and, second, that liberal international organizations can intervene in other states in lines to pursue liberal objectives. The latter can include humanitarian aid in addition to military intervention. This idea is contrasted to isolationist, realist, or non-interventionist foreign policy doctrines; these critics characterize it as liberal interventionism.

Examples

Examples of liberal internationalists include former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, U.S. President Barack Obama, and then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. In the US, this is the often associated with the American Democratic Party. Some liberal-leaning neoconservatives shifted towards liberal internationalism in the 2010s.

Commonly cited examples of liberal interventionism include NATO's intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina; the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia; British military intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War; and the 2011 military intervention in Libya. According to historian Timothy Garton Ash, these are distinct because of liberal motivations and limited objectives, from other larger scale military interventions.

Multilateral institutions, such(a) as UNDP, UNICEF, WHO, and the UN General Assembly, hit also been considered examples of liberal internationalism.

According to Ikenberry and Yolchi Funabashi, one of the key pillars of liberal internationalism in practice is the democratic constitution and trade-based prosperity of Japan, which helps Japan a major stabilizer of liberal international order in the Asia-Pacific.