The Responsibility to Protect Debate: An Enduring Black Hole

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1 There were some notable exceptions; amongst the most vocal proponents of R2P, Jennifer Welsh, Thomas Weiss and Luke Glanville stood out as being willing to debate.

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Aidan Hehir

Aidan Hehir is a Reader in International Relations at the University of Westminster. His research interests include transitional justice, humanitarian intervention, and statebuilding in Kosovo. He is the author/editor of eleven books; his most recent book – Hollow Norms and The Responsibility to Protect (Palgrave Macmillan) – won the 2019 British International Studies Association ‘Working Group on Intervention and R2P’ book prize. He has published over fifty academic book chapters and journal articles; his work has been published in International Security, The Journal of Peace Research, Ethics and International Affairs, and Cooperation and Conflict. He is co-editor of the Routledge Intervention and Statebuilding book series and is a regular contributor to national and international television and radio.