A special responsibility to protect: the UK, Australia and the rise of Islamic State

In the summer of 2014 Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) emerged as a threat to the Iraqi people. This article asks whether the UK and Australia had a ‘special’ responsibility to protect (R2P) those being threatened. It focuses on two middle-ranking powers (as opposed to the US) in order to high...

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Published in:International affairs
Main Author: Ralph, Jason G. 1971- (Author)
Contributors: Souter, James (Other)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2015
In: International affairs
Year: 2015, Volume: 91, Issue: 4, Pages: 709-723
Further subjects:B Military relations
B Terrorism
B Responsibility to protect
B Einflussgröße
B Dschihadismus
B Military intervention
B Responsibility
B Morals
B Bedrohungsvorstellung
B Militancy
B Great Britain
B Collective security
B Islam
B Fundamentalism
B Development
B Tendency
B Iraq
B Australia