R2P in Crisis Following UN Syria Vote

Dodany: Feb 6, 2012

Od: cfr

Czas: 5:44

The UN Security Council's failure to pass a proposed resolution on Syria has put the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine "in major crisis," argues Stewart Patrick, director of CFR's International Institutions and Global Governance program. He says while the intervention in Libya appeared to validate the R2P, Russia and China have been critical of the NATO mission that led to the ouster of Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi. "They saw the West, including the United States, taking a resolution calling for all necessary means to protect civilians and turning that into a license for regime change, and they're bound to determine that this should not happen in the case of Syria." Warning that the failure of the resolution will lead to greater violence by the Assad regime in Syria, Patrick says it also poses a dilemma for the Obama administration as it weighs options for intervention. "There's really only one option if President Obama wants to get more coercive," Patrick argues, and that is to bring together a coalition of NATO or other allied countries, including the Arab League. Finally, he says, the resolution reflects the growing role of the Arab League in the international community, and bodes well for future initiatives on peacemaking and political liberalization coming out of the Arab world. http://www.cfr.org/syria/r2p-crisis-following-un-syria-vote/p27303

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Tagi: cfr  council on foreign relations  stewart m. patrick  syria  un  unsc  security council  vote  veto  russia  china  assad  resolution 


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ThePayola123 Wypowiedź:

Feb 7, 2012 - This is not a doctrine, its a modern day version of the law of the jungle.

XsamwiseX45 Wypowiedź:

Feb 7, 2012 - Thanks Stewart for the update

philbelanger2 Wypowiedź:

Feb 7, 2012 - I love these videos.

maxlove74 Wypowiedź:

Feb 12, 2012 - my god 5000 people and counting i can not imagine what he was thinking.....

ibahc Wypowiedź:

Feb 14, 2012 - an intervention in Syria?? be realistic, they are no Libya they have no oil

news778 Wypowiedź:

Mar 5, 2012 - NO ASSAD ITS OVER GO OUT. ASSAD AND HIS REGIME ARE MURDERS AND ARE KILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE.

Bozewani Wypowiedź:

May 27, 2012 - well we overthew Iraq and Libya let's overthrow Bashar al Assad yes there is no oil but there still is self-interest Syria is geographically positionally in the middle of the Arab World America overthews Assad, establishes a military base and it can dictate the rest of te Arab World. You can control the Palestinians, Israeli, Iraq, and Turkey and even neutralize Russia in the balance of power in the Arab World