Editing Clinton Doctrine (section)

==National Security Strategy==
In Clinton's final [[National Security Strategy (United States)|National Security Strategy]], he differentiated between national interests and humanitarian interests.<ref name=":0">{{cite book|author=Clinton, William J.|url=http://nssarchive.us/?page_id=71|title= A National Security Strategy For A New Century|date=December 2000|publisher=The White House}}</ref> He described national interests as those that:

:''...do not affect our national survival, but ... do affect our national well-being and the character of the world in which we live. Important national interests include, for example, regions in which we have a sizable economic stake or commitments to allies, protecting the global environment from severe harm, and crises with a potential to generate substantial and highly destabilizing refugee flows.''

Clinton's National Security Strategy provided Bosnia and [[Kosovo]] as examples of such interests and stakes. In contrast, it described humanitarian interests as those that force the nation to act:<ref name=":0" />
:''because our values demand it. Examples include responding to natural and manmade disasters; promoting human rights and seeking to halt gross violations of those rights; supporting democratization, adherence to the rule of law and [[Civil control of the military|civilian control of the military]]; assisting humanitarian demining; and promoting sustainable development and environmental protection.''

The NSS also declared the right of the United States to intervene militarily to secure its "vital interests," which included, "ensuring uninhibited access to key markets, energy supplies, and strategic resources."<ref>[https://fas.org/man/docs/qdr/sec3.html "DEFENSE STRATEGY"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706001606/http://fas.org/man/docs/qdr/sec3.html |date=2015-07-06 }} U.S. Department of Defense, 1997</ref>