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dc.contributor.authorBellamy, Alex J
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Paul D
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:49:45Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:49:45Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2011-09-30T04:22:57Z
dc.identifier.issn0020-5850
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1468-2346.2011.01006.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/41085
dc.description.abstractIn March 2011, the UN Security Council authorized the use of force to protect civilians in Libya. This was the first time that the Council has ever authorized the invasion of a functioning state for such purposes. International society's relatively decisive responses to recent crises in C䴥 d'Ivoire and Libya has provoked significant commentary, suggesting that something has changed about the way the world responds to violence against civilians. Focusing on these two cases, this article examines the changing practice of the UN Security Council. It argues that we are seeing the emergence of a new politics of protection, but that this new politics has been developing over the past decade. Four things are new about this politics of protection: protecting civilians from harm has become a focus for international engagement; the UN Security Council has proved itself willing to authorize the use of force for protection purposes; regional organizations have begun to play the role of 'gatekeeper'; and major powers have exhibited a determination to work through the Security Council where possible. However, the cases of C䴥 d'Ivoire and Libya also help to highlight some key challenges that might halt or reverse progress. Notably, states differ in the way they interpret mandates; questions are being asked about the UN's authority to act independently of specific Security Council authorizations; the overlap of regional organizations sometimes sends conflicting messages to the Security Council; and there remains a range of difficult operational questions about how to implement protection mandates. With these in mind, this article concludes with some suggestions about how the future challenges might be navigated in order to maintain the progress that has been made in the past decade.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom825
dc.relation.ispartofpageto850
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Affairs
dc.relation.ispartofvolume87
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical science
dc.subject.fieldofresearchInternational relations
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4407
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4408
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440808
dc.titleThe new politics of protection? Côte d'Ivoire, Libya and the responsibility to protect
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, Department of International Business and Asian Studies
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorBellamy, Alex J.


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