foreign intervention
External power's involvement
Foreign intervention is the involvement of one nation in another's affairs—typically military action, but also economic pressure, covert operations, or political manipulation.
The term usually implies unwelcome interference: The country's instability invited foreign intervention.
Intervention can aim to protect citizens, advance strategic interests, or ostensibly restore order, though critics often question the stated motives.
- armed conflictMilitary combat between groups
- boots on the groundMilitary presence in area
- negotiationsFormal discussion seeking agreement
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- disaster reliefAssistance following catastrophic events
embargoes · espionage · peacekeeping · humanitarian corridor · occupation · currency manipulation · cyberattacks · refugee assistance · proxy wars · mediation · treaties · regime change · puppet government · hearts and minds · trade agreements · propaganda campaigns · arms shipments · military advisors
- PortugalLisbon, Porto, Algarve, Oporto, Madeira
- military policydefense strategy, defense budget, military spending, troop deployment, national security
- Latin AmericaArgentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Cuba
- Spanish HistoryReconquista, Spanish Inquisition, Spanish Empire, conquistadors, Catholic Monarchs
- African ConflictsRwandan genocide, Boer War, Darfur, Al-Shabaab
- Boer WarBoer War, Transvaal, Orange Free State, concentration camps, scorched earth
foreign interventionself-determination
Control over one's fate
national sovereignty · internal affairs · domestic policy · self-rule · autonomy
foreign interventionnon-intervention
Policy of staying uninvolved
noninterference · isolationism · neutrality · non-involvement · disengagement
foreign interventionsovereignty
Supreme independent authority
national sovereignty · self-determination · independence · autonomy · state sovereignty
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