China, Responsibility to Protect, and the Case of Syria
From Sovereignty Protection to Pragmatism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12430403 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Catherine Gegout (1 University of Nottingham School of Politics and International Relations United Kingdom Nottingham, corresponding author), Shogo Suzuki (3 University of Manchester Department of Politics United Kingdom Manchester) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 379-402 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Governance A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1075-2846 • E-ISSN: 1942-6720 |
| Publisher | Lynne Rienner Publishers (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1163/19426720-02603002 |
| OpenAlex | W2980847127 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 21 |
Will the rise of China, an authoritarian, party-state with a poor record of protecting its citizens’ human rights, undermine humanitarian intervention? This question has been particularly pertinent since China’s “assertive turn” in foreign policy. Drawing on the case of Chinese reactions to the humanitarian crisis in Syria, this article argues that China’s attitude toward humanitarian intervention remains ambiguous and contradictory. While China has at times prevented the UN Security Council from threatening sanctions on Syria, it has not necessarily denied that a humanitarian crisis exists. The article shows that the People’s Republic of China is beginning to act more as a norm maker than norm taker, and is offering its own vision of humanitarian intervention, coined as “responsible protection.”
Authoritarianism · China · Democracy · Human rights · Humanitarian aid · Humanitarian crisis · Humanitarian intervention · International humanitarian law · International law · Intervention (counseling · Norm (philosophy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Responsibility to Protect · Sanctions · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Development and Aid · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Psychology
The Purpose of Intervention
The Chemical Weapons Taboo
Sovereignty, Choice, and the Responsibility to Protect
The Assertive China Narrative
The Rise of China and its Power Status
China, The United States, and Global Order
Debating China's assertiveness
The Responsibility to Protect and China's Peacekeeping Policy
The ‘Responsibility to Protect’ and the Structural Problems of Preventive Humanitarian Intervention
Chinese Informal Politics
Is R2P still controversial? Continuity and change in the debate on ‘humanitarian intervention’
Intervention without Borders
How New and Assertive Is China's New Assertiveness
Assertive China
This Time It’s Real
Let's Argue
Democracy prevention
Debates in China about the responsibility to protect as a developing international norm
China, the United Nations, and World Order
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |