ABSTRACT
This chapter proposes a theoretical framework to understand the use of force in international interventions. It focuses on understanding how rising powers have responded normatively to the challenges regarding the use of force on behalf of the international community, with a particular focus on Brazil's responsibility while protecting (RwP) initiative. In this context, the Brazilian government proposed the concept of the RwP. The chapter argues that one may easily adapt Clausewitz original proposition to the following: the use of force in international interventions on behalf of the international community must be perceived as a function of the policies pursued by this very community. In this case, friction transcends the Clausewitzian concept, including the unpredictable and unexpected nature of the results of the political interaction between the global and the local community, even without the use of force. The use of force represents an important tool of the international community and may, for that reason, be used by the United Nations.
