http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/3067/robert-keohane Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:28:36 -0400 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:28:36 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1217/when-should-the-us-intervene-criteria-for-military-intervention-in-weak-countries By Robert Keohane - The first question is: what is a weak country? What do I mean by saying, “intervening in weak countries?” A weak country is a country not capable of preventing a United States invasion, where we can successfully at least take over key cities. So we are not talking about China or Russia, we are not talking about Brazil, or South Africa. This does not rule out the possibility, of course, that weak countries can use violence to inflict high costs on the United States. In earlier generations, Vietnam was a weak country. The United States, in a sense, intervened in Vietnam. The Vietnamese... Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1217/when-should-the-us-intervene-criteria-for-military-intervention-in-weak-countries