Studies in International Governance, Syria, Press Framing, and the Responsibility to Protect
written by Tom Pierre Najem, Walter E. Soderlund and E. Donald Briggs, in Studies in International Governance (Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2017), 241 page(s)
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- Abstract / Summary
- The Syrian Civil War has created the worst humanitarian disaster since the end of World War II, sending shock waves through Syria, its neighbours, and the European Union. Calls for the international community to intervene in the conflict, in compliance with the UN-sanctioned Responsibility to Protect (R2P), occurred from the outset and became even more pronounced following President Assad's use of chemical weapons against civilians in August 2013. Despite that egregious breach of international convention, no humanitarian intervention was forthcoming, leaving critics to argue that UN inertia early in the conflict contributed to the current crisisSyria, Press Framing, and The Responsibility to Protect examines the role of the media in framing the Syrian conflict, their role in promoting or, on the contrary, discouraging a robust international intervention. The media sources examined are all considered influential with respect to the shaping of elite views, either directly on political leaders or indirectly through their influence on public opinion. The volume provides a review of the arguments concerning appropriate international responses to events in Syria and how they were framed in leading newspapers in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada during the crucial early years of the conflict; considers how such media counsel affected the domestic contexts in which American and British decisions were made not to launch forceful interventions following Assad's use of sarin gas in 2013; and offers reasoned speculation on the relevance of R2P in future humanitarian crises in light of the failure to protect Syrian civilians.
- Field of Interest
- World History
- Author
- Tom Pierre Najem, Walter E. Soderlund, E. Donald Briggs
- Copyright Message
- Copyright © 2017 Wilfrid Laurier University Press
- Content Type
- Book
- Duration
- 0 sec
- Warning: Contains explicit content
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- Format
- Text
- Page Count
- 241
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press
- Place Published / Released
- Waterloo, ON
- Subject
- World History, Politics & Current Affairs, Global Issues, History, Social Sciences, War and Violence, Comparative Government, International Political Science, Wartime Conditions and Military Tactics, Customary International Law, General Context: Security Issues, Syria (2011 - Present), Military occupation, Military aid, Journalism, Civil war, Public opinion, Syrian Civil War, 2011-, Guerra y Violencia, Guerra e Violência, Governança Comparada, Gobierno Comparado, Ciência Política Internacional, Ciencia Política Internacional, Condições do Tempo de Guerra e Táticas Militares, Condiciones en Tiempos de Guerra y Tácticas Militares, Direito Internacional Consuetudin‡rio, Derecho Internacional Consuetudinario, Siria, Syria, International Response, Conflicts and Resolution, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
- Series / Program
- Studies in International Governance
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Guerra y Violencia, Guerra e Violência, Governança Comparada, Gobierno Comparado, Ciência Política Internacional, Ciencia Política Internacional, Condições do Tempo de Guerra e Táticas Militares, Condiciones en Tiempos de Guerra y Tácticas Militares, Direito Internacional Consuetudin‡rio, Derecho Internacional Consuetudinario, Siria
