The Challenge of “Responsible Sovereignty” and the Dilemma of “Responsibility to Protect”: A Case Study in the Middle East

• In Event: International Players and Power

Brief Overview

In a comparative study of how the “responsibility sovereignty” operates in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria, this paper assesses the tensions and potential alignment between national autonomy and the “responsibility to protect” in the Middle East.

Authors

• mona shujaieh, Montclair State University

• Ning Liao, New Jersey City University