The Geopolitics of Intervention Asia and the Responsibility to Protect /

• Main Author: Kassim, Yang Razali (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Political Science,
• Subjects: Political science.; Political economy.; International relations.; Political Science and International Relations.; International Relations.; Political Economy.

This book reviews the global dilemma and tensions over whether to intervene or not to intervene in severe civil conflicts which test the validity of the new doctrine of Responsibility to Protect or R2P. It particularly assesses R2P’s relevance for Asia, which is defined broadly in this book to inclu...

Table of Contents:

• Preamble
• Chapter 1 The Rise of Responsibility While Protecting (RWP)
• Chapter 2 The Arab Spring and the P5 Powers
• Chapter 3 China as a P5 Player
• Chapter 4 China, India, Japan and the emerging Eastphalian Order?
• Chapter 5 ASEAN and R2P
• Chapter 6 Critiques and Critics of R2P
• Chapter 7 Geopolitics of Intervention: Way Forward
• Chapter 8 Postscript.