State sovereignty discourse and the just war tradition : assessing Colombia's 2008 cross-border raid into Ecuador and its foreign policy implications

Refshauge, Kim Esteban

State sovereignty discourse and the just war tradition : assessing Colombia's 2008 cross-border raid into Ecuador and its foreign policy implications

Refshauge, Kim Esteban

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Refshauge, Kim Esteban
dc.date.accessioned	2017-09-13T00:54:08Z
dc.date.available	2017-09-13T00:54:08Z
dc.date.issued	2017
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/116900
dc.description	University of Technology Sydney. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.	en_AU
dc.description.abstract	In March 2008, under the code name “Operation Phoenix”, the Colombian military attacked the base camp of a section of the left-wing guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), located just across the border in Ecuadorian territory. The guerrilla base was stationed inside Ecuador to carry out activities inside Colombia, retreat and thus avoid Colombian troops. However, the attack by the Colombian military was not sanctioned by the Ecuadorian government, which prompted a diplomatic crisis in the region. This kind of limited military intervention remains a topical area of study as national militaries continue to battle armed, non-state actors around the world. This thesis seeks to determine under what circumstances, if any, a nation-state such as Colombia is morally justified in violating the sovereignty of another country. The study is conducted through the lens of state-sovereignty discourse and Just War Theory. It evaluates the foreign policy implications of military interventions like Operation Phoenix. The thesis seeks to address a gap in the existing literature by explicitly addressing Colombia’s modern foreign policy from an ethical perspective.	en_AU
dc.format	Thesis (MA(Res)Int Studies)
dc.language.iso	en_AU	en_AU
dc.relation	https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/bitstream/10453/116900/7/02whole.pdf
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights	The author owns the copyright in this thesis including all reproduction and reuse rights for the work. The work may not be altered without the permission of the copyright owner. Attribution is essential when quoting or paraphrasing from this thesis.
dc.rights	au.edu.uts.lib/ppc
dc.subject	“Operation Phoenix”.	en
dc.subject	Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)	en
dc.subject	Military intervention.	en
dc.subject	Ecuadorian territory.	en
dc.subject	Diplomatic crisis.	en
dc.subject	State-sovereignty discourse.	en
dc.subject	Just War Theory.	en
dc.subject	Colombia’s modern foreign policy.	en
dc.title	State sovereignty discourse and the just war tradition : assessing Colombia's 2008 cross-border raid into Ecuador and its foreign policy implications	en_AU
dc.type	Thesis	en_AU
utslib.copyright.status	open_access

Abstract:

In March 2008, under the code name “Operation Phoenix”, the Colombian military attacked the base camp of a section of the left-wing guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), located just across the border in Ecuadorian territory. The guerrilla base was stationed inside Ecuador to carry out activities inside Colombia, retreat and thus avoid Colombian troops. However, the attack by the Colombian military was not sanctioned by the Ecuadorian government, which prompted a diplomatic crisis in the region. This kind of limited military intervention remains a topical area of study as national militaries continue to battle armed, non-state actors around the world. This thesis seeks to determine under what circumstances, if any, a nation-state such as Colombia is morally justified in violating the sovereignty of another country. The study is conducted through the lens of state-sovereignty discourse and Just War Theory. It evaluates the foreign policy implications of military interventions like Operation Phoenix. The thesis seeks to address a gap in the existing literature by explicitly addressing Colombia’s modern foreign policy from an ethical perspective.

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