IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/intstu/v61y2024i1p73-91.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Humanitarian Intervention in Syria: A Critical Analysis

Author

Listed:
  • Ramakrushna Pradhan
  • Anantagopal Sing

Abstract

In academic and intellectual circles, Humanitarian Intervention (HI) and the duty to protect have historically been seen as morally and ethically right because of its contentious practices have been at the forefront of international relations discourse in recent years. Having failed to come up with a consensus set of rules, parameters and principles to justify intervention, the Just War logic of Humanitarian Intervention falls flat on the face of the sovereign rights of the states. In this milieu, this article critically examines the rationale of humanitarian intervention in Syria and evaluates the concept of just war to claim that it is outdated and its application in the name of humanitarian intervention needs to be assessed. This study adopts the theory of social constructivism to decode the liberal perspective of Humanitarian Invention as a just war or socially constructed to manipulate world public opinion and address the inherent national interests of involved countries or the diplomatic failure of the United Nations Organization.

Suggested Citation

  • Ramakrushna Pradhan & Anantagopal Sing, 2024. "Humanitarian Intervention in Syria: A Critical Analysis," International Studies, , vol. 61(1), pages 73-91, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:intstu:v:61:y:2024:i:1:p:73-91
    DOI: 10.1177/00208817241228385
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00208817241228385
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/00208817241228385?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:intstu:v:61:y:2024:i:1:p:73-91. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.