Still, Resolution 982 provided the legal framework for any future intervention in Russia's affairs.

Leaders here feared that a precedent was being set for future Western intervention in a conflict over Taiwan, or perhaps Tibet.

But the letter, dated Tuesday, left the door open for future intervention.

Sir Donald also opened the door to future intervention, though he cautioned that it would only occur in "exceptional circumstances."

It is expected to be an area of future regulatory intervention.

Still, a majority of Americans said future interventions should be done as part of an international coalition.

And future interventions will depend on policy coherence, too.

Wolfowitz "saw a liberated Iraq as both paradigm and linchpin for future interventions."

This releases future military intervention from democratic control.

So all future interventions have been forbidden, in the place where all the decisions that matter are made.