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  2. Intervention (law) - Wikipedia

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    For example, under subrule 61(4) of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada, if the court has stated a constitutional question, the attorney general of any province or territory or of the federal government, may intervene "as of right," without the need to be granted leave to intervene.

  3. Humanitarian intervention - Wikipedia

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    Humanitarian intervention involves the threat and use of military forces as a central feature; It is an intervention in the sense that it entails interfering in the internal affairs of a state by sending military forces into the territory or airspace of a sovereign state that has not committed an act of aggression against another state.

  4. Foreign interventions by the United States - Wikipedia

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    One example is the counterespionage operations following the discovery of the Farewell Dossier which some argue contributed to the fall of the Soviet regime. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] After Joseph Stalin instituted the Berlin Blockade , [ 31 ] the United States, Britain, France, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and several other countries began the massive ...

  5. Intervention (international law) - Wikipedia

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    Intervention, American Wolfhounds on parade in Vladivostok, August 1918. Intervention, in terms of international law, is the term for the use of force by one country or sovereign state in the internal or external affairs of another. In most cases, intervention is considered to be an unlawful act but some interventions may be considered lawful.

  6. Intervention (counseling) - Wikipedia

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    An intervention is an orchestrated attempt by one or many people – usually family and friends – to get someone to seek professional help with a substance use disorder or some kind of traumatic event or crisis, or other serious problem. Intervention can also refer to the act of using a similar technique within a therapy session.

  7. Interventionism (politics) - Wikipedia

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    An illustration of William of Orange of the Dutch Republic landing at Brixham to depose James II of England during the Glorious Revolution in 1688.. Interventionism, in international politics, is the interference of a state or group of states into the domestic affairs of another state for the purposes of coercing that state to do something or refrain from doing something. [1]

  8. Responsibility to protect - Wikipedia

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    The destruction caused by the intervention also makes some question the legitimacy of the intervention due to the stated purpose of preventing harm. The end-state problem – Humanitarian intervention is prone to expand the mission beyond simply averting mass atrocities. When successful at averting mass atrocities, the intervenors will often be ...

  9. Market intervention - Wikipedia

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    A market intervention is a policy or measure that modifies or interferes with a market, typically done in the form of state action, but also by philanthropic and political-action groups. Market interventions can be done for a number of reasons, including as an attempt to correct market failures , [ 1 ] or more broadly to promote public ...