• Responsibility to Protect and Rising Asian Powers 

      Dahl-Eriksen, Tor Christian (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-03-10)
      Responsibility to Protect (R2P) is the national and international responsibility to protect populations against mass atrocities. This article discusses prospects for the implementation of R2P objectives in a world where Asian powers rise. It focuses not only on prevention and assistance but also decisive action, the most controversial aspect of R2P, tied to the UN Security Council where China resides ...
    • The UN Security Council: legitimacy and organized hypocrisy 

      Dahl-Eriksen, Tor Christian (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-12-31)
      The authority of the UN Security Council (UNSC), perhaps also its legitimacy, may have been brought into question by recent events. The war in Ukraine and the inferno in the Middle East challenges its role as preserver of international peace and security, and poor or highly selective responses to mass atrocities challenges its capacity to provide protection to populations when states fail. This ...