On Power and Norms
Libya, Syria and the Responsibility to Protect
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12960769 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nathalie Tocci (0000-0002-2097-0595, Istituto Affari Internazionali, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 51-75 |
| Publication date | 2016-02-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Responsibility to Protect (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1875-984X • E-ISSN: 1875-9858 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/1875984x-00801004 |
| OpenAlex | W2313238134 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 6 |
In 2011 the United Nations Security Council legitimized a no-fly zone over Libya under the normative rubric of the ‘responsibility to protect’. As the Libya intervention gained steam, another uprising broke out in Syria. In contrast to Libya, discord between Western actors and emerging powers underpinned standstill at the Council. What explains such radically different outcomes? The international responses to the crises in Libya and Syria may look like evidence of a tipping point in the international system which is undergoing a profound power shift. And yet the two crises unfolded almost in parallel. This article argues that while a systemic understanding of power cannot capture the dynamics underpinning the Libyan and Syrian crises, power is crucial in explaining their very different outcomes. While not revealing a tipping point in the international system from the ‘West’ to the ‘Rest’, a situated and multifaceted analysis of power reveals that both Western and brics countries played key roles in determining the overall international responses to both crises and in so doing are shaping the ongoing normative debate over the ‘Responsibility to Protect’
Development economics · Economics · Human rights · Humanitarian intervention · International law · International relations · Law and economics · Normative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Responsibility to Protect · Rubric · Sociology · Tipping point (physics · Underpinning · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Development and Aid · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,78 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |