這個研討會，目的是為了系統地、對比地檢視在20世紀90年代或大或中的強權軍事干預是如何轉變為內戰。在20世紀90年代，這些內戰是西方國家政策的重要議程。然而，這些干預通常不是由明顯的傳統重大利益引發。在冷戰過後，西方強大和中等勢力享有極度安全，這些活動是令人費解。
The purpose of this seminar is to examine systematically, and comparatively, great and middle power military interventions into civil wars during the 1990's. These civil wars were high on the policy agenda of western states during the 1990's. Yet, these interventions were usually not motivated by obvious classical vital interests. Given the extraordinary security enjoyed by the great and middle powers of the west in the Cold War's aftermath, these activities are puzzling.
