
R2P at 10: From Iraq to South Sudan, does it make a difference?
Since R2P’s adoption, has the international community been more likely to respond to crises?
Director of the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect and Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at The University of Queensland, Australia
Alex Bellamy is Director of the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect and Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at The University of Queensland, Australia. He is also Non-Resident Senior Adviser at the International Peace Institute, New York and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia.
Since R2P’s adoption, has the international community been more likely to respond to crises?
Do not let feelings toward past invasions in the Middle East deter us from protecting Syrians and Iraqis.