What prospects for common humanity in a divided world? The scope for RtoP in a transitional international order
In: International politics: a journal of transnational issues and global problems, Volume 53, Issue 1, p. 32-48
ISSN: 1740-3898
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In: International politics: a journal of transnational issues and global problems, Volume 53, Issue 1, p. 32-48
ISSN: 1740-3898
In: Peacebuilding, Volume 1, Issue 1, p. 141-157
ISSN: 2164-7267
In: Global responsibility to protect: GR2P, Volume 5, Issue 3, p. 235-259
ISSN: 1875-984X
According to supporters of R2P the principle now enjoys almost universal acceptance and the remaining challenges concern operationalization and implementation. In contrast, this article argues that R2P remains controversial both as a principle and in terms of its application, and these controversies reflect broader tensions in international politics related to international order and normative authority. Diplomatic debates related to R2P suggest that rising powers are resistant to aspects of the normative 'rules of the game', and that there are fundamental disagreements regarding the relationship between human rights and international order. This can be understood as a tension between pluralist and solidarist worldviews, but also a manifestation of friction regarding control of international institutions and decision-making. Although R2P is defined narrowly, therefore, this article argues that the controversies surrounding the principle must be understood within a wider political context. In conclusion, the article offers a number of suggestions as to the future of R2P based upon this analysis.
In: Third world quarterly, Volume 32, Issue 10, p. 1737-1756
ISSN: 1360-2241
In: Review of international studies: RIS, Volume 36, Issue 1, p. 77-94
ISSN: 1469-9044
AbstractFrom a critical security studies perspective – and non-traditional security studies more broadly – is the concept of human security something which should be taken seriously? Does human security have anything significant to offer security studies? Both human security and critical security studies challenge the state-centric orthodoxy of conventional international security, based upon military defence of territory against 'external' threats. Both also challenge neorealist scholarship, and involve broadening and deepening the security agenda. Yet critical security studies have not engaged substantively with human security as a distinct approach to non-traditional security. This article explores the relationship between human security and critical security studies and considers why human security arguments – which privilege the individual as the referent of security analysis and seek to directly influence policy in this regard – have not made a significant impact in critical security studies. The article suggests a number of ways in which critical and human security studies might engage. In particular, it suggests that human security scholarship must go beyond its (mostly) uncritical conceptual underpinnings if it is to make a lasting impact upon security studies, and this might be envisioned as Critical Human Security Studies (CHSS).
In: Review of international studies: RIS, Volume 36, Issue 1, p. 77-94
ISSN: 0260-2105
World Affairs Online
In: Journal of intervention and statebuilding, Volume 4, Issue 3, p. 305-322
ISSN: 1750-2985
In: Journal of intervention and statebuilding, Volume 4, Issue 3, p. 305-322
ISSN: 1750-2977
World Affairs Online
In: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies
"Human Security" published on by Oxford University Press.
In: Contemporary security policy, Volume 30, Issue 3, p. 421-443
ISSN: 1743-8764
In: Contemporary security policy, Volume 30, Issue 1, p. 67-71
ISSN: 1352-3260, 0144-0381
In: Contemporary security policy, Volume 30, Issue 3, p. 421-443
ISSN: 1352-3260, 0144-0381
World Affairs Online
In: Contemporary security policy, Volume 30, Issue 1, p. 67-71
ISSN: 1743-8764
In: Civil wars, Volume 11, Issue 3, p. 255-278
ISSN: 1743-968X
In: Global society: journal of interdisciplinary international relations, Volume 21, Issue 3, p. 429-447
ISSN: 1469-798X