Stephen J. Solarz and Michael E. O’Hanlon

The United States should intervene in other countries’ wars not only if they affect U.S. interests, but also to provide humanitarian aid or to prevent a massive loss of life, argue Stephen J. Solarz and Michael E. O’Hanlon in the following viewpoint. The United States must take the primary responsibility to prevent genocide, the authors contend, because to ignore it is morally reprehensible and because no other countries are in a position to take the lead role. Solarz is the vice chairman of the International Crisis Group, an advocacy organization for war-torn countries. O’Hanlon is a military analyst with the Brookings Institution, a public policy think tank in Washington, D.C.

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