Syria, Libya and the Contrasting American Perspectives on Intervention, by Antonio Philipe de Moura Pereira.

The 20th century witnessed the growing importance of issues regarding humanitarian intervention, leading to the recently developed concept of responsibility to protect (R2P). In light of this emerging norm, the international community has the responsibility to intervene in case a state fails to protect its population from mass atrocities. But international norms are not sufficient to explain why states engage in humanitarian intervention. The present essay will focus on understanding why the United States decided to intervene in the Libyan crisis and not on the Syrian one. We argue that while international factors such as the opposition of Russia and China contribute to explaining the variation of action by the United States in facing each case, domestic preferences such as economic motivation and the upcoming presidential election are crucial to understanding the American position on the two crises. Saiba mais

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05/02/2013 às 7:15 am

Tags: Líbia, Síria

Categorias: 1. Boletim Mundorama, Estados Unidos, Política Externa, Política Internacional

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