Humanitarianism: the New Face of Neo-Colonialism
Keywords:
Neo-Colonialism; Responsibility to Protect; HumanitarianAbstract
The era of new war was distinctly illuminated in global politics after the cold war ended. It essentially concerned on humanitarian dilemma to the extent that it has been a legitimate criteria for external actors to intervene domestic affair of other states. Contrarily, without such legitimacy, the action could be seen as an abuse to sovereignty and non-intervention principle. The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) is a moral doctrine in charge of international community to intervene with the responsibility towards the basic right of citizens whenever the government fails to do so. Even though a moral purpose seems to be acceptable, but ‘behind the scene’ intentions are also persistently questionable. This paper aims to render a decision whether humanitarianism is a moral responsibility or a new face of neo-colonialism, predicating on Libya intervention in 2011.
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73 (1): 56-66.
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intervention in Libya: A critical analysis”, African Journal of Political Science and International Relations, 7 (3)
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and Ivory Coast, available at http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-responsibility-to-protect-the-cases-of-libya-and-ivory-coast/24799, accessed January 16, 2017.
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A Force for Good?’, POLIS Journal, 7: 128-64.
Forte, M. (2012). Slouching Towards Sirte. Montreal: Baraka Books
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Intervention as a Question for Political Philosophy’, Review of International Studies, 37 (3): 1045-1067.
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https://www.globalpolicy.org/qhumanitarianq-intervention.html, accessed February 10, 2017.
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[video online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XStlTddkHo4 ,Accessed February 18, 2017.
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and the Future of Humanitarian Intervention. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
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World". Washington University Global Studies Law Review. 15.1 : 161-190.
Jubilut, Liliana L. "Has The ‘Responsibility To Protect’ Been A Real
Change In Humanitarian Intervention? An Analysis From The Crisis In Libya". The Journal of Pan African Studies 5.1
: 309-335.
Kieh, G. (2017). "Neo-Colonialism: American Foreign Policy and the
First Liberian Civil War". International Community Law Review. 14 (4) : 164-180.
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http://www.responsibilitytoprotect.org/index.php/crises/crisis-in-ivory-coast, accessed January 15, 2017.
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(ICISS). (2001). The Responsibility to Protect. Ottawa: The International Development Research Centre.
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Global Era. (third edition), Cambridge: Polity Press.
Okeke, J. M. (2012). Why NATO Intervention in Libya is not a
Victory for Responsibility to Protect, available at https://www.issafrica.org/iss-today/why-nato-intervention-in-libya-is-not-a-victory-for-responsibility-to-protect, accessed February 16, 2017.
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Ethical Issues’ in Joel, H. R. (ed.) Ethics and International Affairs, Washington: Georgetown University Press, pp. 271-95.
Sombatpoonsiri, J. (2015). The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) and
its impact on shaping contemporary knowledge of global politics. Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University Printing House.
Spalding, L. J. (2013). “A Critical Investigation of the IR Theories that
Underpin the Debate on Humanitarian Intervention”, International Public Policy Review, 7 (2): 1-15.
UN (no date). The Responsibility to Protect, available at
http://www.un.org/en/preventgenocide/rwanda/pdf/Backgrounder%20R2P%202014.pdf, accessed February 20, 2017.
Vira, V. and Cordesman, A. H. (2011). The Libyan Uprising: an
Uncertain Trajectory, available at http://csis.org/publication/libyan-uprising-uncertain-trajectory, accessed February 16, 2017.
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2018-01-21
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Sripaoraya, P. (2018). Humanitarianism: the New Face of Neo-Colonialism. Governance Journal, 6(2), 511–532. Retrieved from https://so01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/gjournal-ksu/article/view/109796
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