The Responsibility to Protect in a Multipolar Era : The Return of Power Politics and Paralysis in the UN Security Council
Journal: Diva portal (Dalarna University Library)
Year: 2026

This thesis examines how the shift toward a multipolar world order has affected the UN Security Council’s ability and willingness to take action under the Responsibility to Protect. It asks why it enables intervention in some crises but inaction in others. The study develops a conceptual framework referred to as the R2P Filter Model, which conceptualises decision-making as passing through three layers of constraints: structural filters linked to great-power alignment and veto usage, strategic fi