History GCSE
Sovereignty and Intervention
What Sovereignty and Intervention means in History GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Sovereignty and Intervention
The tension between established international law and the 'Bush Doctrine' of pre-emptive strike, which challenged the traditional Westphalian concept of state sovereignty in the pursuit of non-state actors.
Topics that use Sovereignty and Intervention
- The war on Al-Qaeda (AQA GCSE)
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