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...