Abstract
This article investigates the role of intersubjective and situated meanings and norm contestation for militarised humanitarian interventions from a critical perspective. The International Relations (ir) literature on humanitarian interventions, the Responsibility to Protect doctrine, and emergence of norms is explained and critically evaluated. The case analysed here is Turkey and its foreign policy discourse regarding interventions in Libya and Syria. Based on the case and literature review, the author concludes that critical approaches particularly provide useful tools to understand the role of identity, changing foreign policy narratives, and power constellations in world politics.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 389-430 |
Number of pages | 42 |
Journal | European Review of International Studies |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2022 |
Keywords
- Turkey
- foreign policy analysis
- identity
- Responsibility to Protect
- humanitarian
- interventions
- norm contestation
- postcolonial approaches
- poststructuralist
- approaches
- critical constructivism
- Libya
- Syria
- Arab Spring
- TURKISH FOREIGN
- MIDDLE-EAST
- AUTHORITARIAN NEOLIBERALISM
- NEO-OTTOMANISM
- NORTH-AFRICA
- RESPONSIBILITY
- PROTECT
- CONTESTATION
- DYNAMICS
- POLITICS