Abstract:
Six months ago the Internet exploded with the media sensation that was ‘Kony 2012’. The swish campaign film made by US NGO Invisible Children called for international action to pursue and capture Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), deliver him to the International Criminal Court, and thereby end the long-running war the LRA has conducted against civilians in Uganda and central Africa. The campaign reignited discussion about if, when and how the West should get involved in the internal conflicts of other countries. As the debate progressed, however, there was little honest appraisal of the role intervention can play in bringing violent civil wars to an end and laying the foundations for peace building.
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