Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Failure or refusal to intervene, especially in the affairs of another nation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or policy of not intervening or not interfering; specifically, systematic non-interference by a nation in the affairs of other nations, or in the affairs of its own states, territories, or other parts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or habit of not intervening or interfering.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
non-intervention .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a foreign policy of staying out of other countries' disputes
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Examples
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US "nonintervention" appears to be a highly flexible concept.
The Iraq Nightmare Goddard, Chris 1991
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Any analysis of this must necessarily include the actions of those who act or try to act with absolute disregard of the standards established in international law, such as nonintervention, or with the absurd and dangerous expedient of the extraterritoriality of a nation's internal legislation.
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"nonintervention," and its real aim to secure Kansas a pro-slavery character avowed.
History of the United States, Volume 3 (of 6) Elisha Benjamin Andrews 1880
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Instead, he said, the Security Council should have considered a Russian draft resolution that called for nonintervention in Syria's affairs and for a negotiated settlement of the civil conflict.
Russia, China Veto U.N.'s Syria Move Joe Lauria 2011
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But last week, Mr. Lavrov for the first time seemed to distance Moscow from the Assad regime, saying the Kremlin was seeking to defend the principle of nonintervention, not Mr. Assad personally.
America Exits Syria as Russia Makes Push Charles Levinson 2012
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Libya has been a major test for China's longstanding foreign policy of nonintervention.
Gadhafi Sought Chinese Arms in July Brian Spegele 2011
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The upside of nonintervention in these Arab revolutions is that we will finally be forced to "walk the walk" we "talk" so well.
Sharmine Narwani: Hillary Dusts off Iranian Bogeyman...Again Sharmine Narwani 2011
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Sovereign equality: Article 1:1 of the UN Charter guarantees each state nonintervention, regardless of the nature of their political systems -- whether democratic, authoritarian or despotic.
Allan Gerson: Humanitarian Intervention or Regime Change in Libya: International Law as a Compass Allan Gerson 2011
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While ASEAN has reportedly implemented 75 percent of the blueprint it passed in 2008 to create a regional trade bloc, unlike the EU, it also remains committed to a principal of nonintervention in the affairs of members, known as the "ASEAN Way."
Stanley Weiss: ASEAN, the EU and the End of Westphalia Stanley Weiss 2011
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China "expressed regret" over the use of military force in Libya even as it decided last week not to block authorization of strikes at the U.N. Security Council, a rare acquiescence that moved it further away from its foreign policy based on nonintervention.
What's News 2011
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