Responsibility to Protect and Syria

... religiously much more complicated than Libya”. Last but not least, military intervention in Libya had the backing of the UN Security Council, which is the only international body able to authorize it. The military intervention in Syria is lacking such backing. Nevertheless, it was intervention in Libya that significantly worsened disagreements over practical ... ... stability? Can regime change be justified? So, the U.S., U.K. and France want to pursue the regime change, while China and Russia object to the use of R2P to justify regime change. Separating regime change from R2P is extremely important for moving ...