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The end of Tony Blair’s premiership in 2007 might have been expected to herald the end of a strongly liberal interventionist phase in British foreign policy. Blair had come to be defined by a foreign policy that showed a willingness to back military intervention to prevent human rights violations inside a sovereign member state of the United Nations.
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Oliver, T. (2013). The Future of Liberal Interventionism in UK Foreign Policy. In: Kümmel, G., Giegerich, B. (eds) The Armed Forces: Towards a Post-Interventionist Era?. Schriftenreihe des Zentrums für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr, vol 14. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-01286-1_9
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