| ID | 161171 |
| Title Proper | Seperating intervention from regime change |
| Other Title Information | China's diplomatic innovations at the UN Security Council regarding the Syris crisis |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Fung, Courtney J |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | China's response to the recent Syria crisis at the UN Security Council represents a crucial case in China's approach to intervention in that it breaks from China's recent practice of becoming more permissive regarding intervention. Instead, China actively worked to ensure that a firm line was drawn to separate intervention from foreign-imposed regime change. It did so by employing three diplomatic innovations: exercising multiple, successive vetoes; expanding discourse to delegitimize intervention as “regime change” by Western powers; and engaging in norm-shaping of the international community's “responsibility to protect” post-intervention. Together, these three innovations highlight China's desire to firmly separate the intervention norm from that of regime change. Using a variety of primary sources, the article also draws insights from interviews with foreign policy elites in Beijing, New York and New Delhi. |
| `In' analytical Note | China Quarterly Vol. 235; Sept 2018: p.693-712 |
| Journal Source | China Quarterly No 235 |
| Key Words | Intervention ; Syria ; China ; Un Security Council ; UNSC ; Norms ; Regime Change ; Responsibility to Protect ; Syria Crisis ; United Nations ; Diplomatic Innovations - China |