HEGEMONIC INTERVENTION: A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF COLLECTIVE INTERVENTIONS IN INTRASTATE CONFLICTS IN LIGHT OF AN ANALYSIS OF THE KOSOVO CRISIS

This article aims to develop a conceptual framework for the management of intrastate conflicts by relying on hegemonic stability theory and its basic concept: public good. In the light of the failure of the international community to develop a unified response to most cases of intrastate conflicts, the study investigates the role of leadership in international attempts to manage such conflicts. Briefly stated, in the absence of a direct threat to the interests of each individual member, there will be a need for a leader that is capable of providing the public goods associated with efforts to bring a solution to the conflict. Findings from several phases of Kosovo crisis which support this proposition are used to illustrate and evaluate the accuracy of this assumption.