New Beginning in US-Muslim Relations

Abstract

The Iranian Revolution of 1979, the Iran-Iraq War, the Gulf War, and the US invasion and occupation of Iraq have dramatically altered the geopolitical landscape of the contemporary Middle East. The Arab Spring uprisings have complicated this picture. This series puts forward a critical body of fi rst-rate scholarship that refl ects the current political and social realities of the region, focusing on original research about contentious politics and social movements; political institutions; the role played by nongovernmental organizations such as Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Muslim Brotherhood; and the Israeli-Palestine confl ict. Other themes of interest include Iran and Turkey as emerging pre-eminent powers in the region, the former an 'Islamic Republic' and the latter an emerging democracy currently governed by a party with Islamic roots; the Gulf monarchies, their petrol economies and regional ambitions; potential problems of nuclear proliferation in the region; and the challenges confronting the United States, Europe, and the United Nations in the greater Middle East. The focus of the series is on general topics such as social turmoil, war and revolution, international relations, occupation, radicalism, democracy, human rights, and Islam as a political force in the context of the modern Middle East. More information about this series atMiddle East Today ISBN 978-1-137-58623-0 ISBN 978-1-137-58362-8 (eBook)

Responsibility to Protect (R2P)

“…Moreover, the mounting criticism surrounding the Libya intervention likely contributed to the UN Security Council's inability to find a consensual stance on how to best respond to a crisis that started in Syria in that same year. In fact, countries skeptical of R2P, like Russia and China, were adamant in their opposition to any resolution containing language that could have allowed for a repetition of a Libya-style intervention in Syria (Lilli 2016).…”