Sri Lanka and the Responsibility to Protect：Politics, Ethnicity and Genocide

Part of a series highlighting special topics in Asian security studies, this monograph on the conflict in Sri Lanka explores the invocation of the "responsibility to protect" (R2P) concept and presents a nuanced discussion of why the international community intervenes in some conflicts and not in others. Beginning with a theoretical examination of the R2P concept, the work covers topics such as the politics of ethnicity, cultural dominance and genocide, Sri Lanka and international law, and geo-strategic factors for international intervention. Kingsbury is a professor of international studies at Deakin University, Melbourne. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Damien Kingsbury is Professor at the School of International and Political Studies, Deakin University, Melbourne. He is the author and editor of a number of books and numerous journal articles on political and security matters.