'The Loud Dissenter and its Cautious Partner' - Russia, China, global governance and humanitarian intervention
Journal: International Relations of the Asia-Pacific
Year: 2014

The global issue of humanitarian intervention has become more pronounced and complicated in recent years due to increasingly diverging views on addressing security crises between the West on one side and Russia and China on the other. Despite their support for the principles of 'Responsibility to Protect' (R2P), both Russia and China are wary of Western intervention in internal conflicts after the Cold War and have become increasingly critical of Western-led armed intervention in humanitarian co