ABSTRACT
This chapter evaluates the evolution of American and Indian views on military humanitarian intervention with a particular emphasis on the post-Cold War period. First, it assesses key recent debates by academics and practitioners regarding when are military interventions legitimate for humanitarian purposes. Next, it argues that while the United States embraced military humanitarian intervention in the 1990s, it has become much more cautious since then—and that India has been traditionally sceptical of military interventions for humanitarian causes outside of the region.
