Libya and Syria: R2P and the spectre of the swinging pendulum.
This article examines recent UN Security Council deliberations over events in Libya and Syria and in particular assesses the extent to which Council members sought to justify their positions and voting behaviour by reference to the 'Responsibility to Protect' (R2P). It shows how limited invocations...
| Published in: | International Affairs Vol. 89; no. 5; pp. 1265 - 1284 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Sep2013
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