Political view · Foreign policy

Humanitarian interventionism

Holds that outside powers may use force to stop genocide and mass atrocities, even inside another country’s borders.

Associated with: Bernard Kouchner, Samantha Power, NATO’s intervention in Kosovo.

Humanitarian interventionism sits in the near the center part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: centered on economy and centered on liberty and authority. The clearest positions are strongly interventionist on interventionism, strongly institutional on institutions and leaning progressive on culture. The profile is close to the middle on economy and liberty and authority.

Where humanitarian interventionism sits on ten dimensions

This is a broad family of ideas, so real people and parties who hold it differ from the profile below. The dot shows the typical tendency.

💰EconomyCentered on economy
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityCentered on liberty and authority
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People active today who fit

Thomas Friedman American columnist and author98%Fareed Zakaria Indian-American journalist98%Anne Applebaum American-Polish journalist and historian97%Emmanuel Macron President of France, 2017 to present96%

People from history who fit

François Hollande President of France, 2012 to 201799%Barack Obama US President, 2009 to 201798%Jens Stoltenberg Prime Minister of Norway and NATO Secretary General98%Bill Clinton US President, 1993 to 200198%

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Views are simplified profiles built from public writings and records, and they are open to debate. Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions.