Comprehensive Review: 'The Responsibility to Protect' Book Analysis

This report provides a comprehensive review of the book 'The Responsibility to Protect' by Bellamy (2015). The review begins with a brief overview of the book's core arguments, which focus on the responsibility of states to protect their populations and the role of the international community in intervening to prevent mass atrocities. The report then critically analyzes the book's strengths, such as its effective presentation of information and suitable arguments, and its weaknesses, including its potential neglect of underlying social structures and narrow focus. An analytical section delves into the importance of international relations and security, exploring the challenges of national sovereignty and the failures of international intervention. The report concludes by summarizing the key takeaways, emphasizing the book's significance in the context of international relations and security, and its impact on the understanding of the responsibility to protect.

The Book Review

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
A brief overview of the book.......................................................................................................3
Overview of strengths and weaknesses of the book....................................................................3
An analysis...................................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
BIBLIOGRAPHY............................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
International relation and security is considered as the most prominent aspect for nation
or country. The current study shed light on reviewing the book written in the same aspect “The
Responsibility to Protect” (Bellamy, 2015). The review at first provide overview of the books
and then its strengths and weaknesses are discussed. In addition to this, analytical part is also
covered in the book.
A brief overview of the book
The book under investigation shed light on three major aspects of responsibility to
protect. The first one shows that major responsibility of states to ensure well being and provide
protection to own community, ethnic cleansing, crimes and genocide etc. The second one is
based on duty of states to support each other for building capacities for the sake of discharge
from the first responsibility. In addition to this, responsibility of international community for
taking the decisive and timely action in order to protect population from the mentioned kinds of
crimes. However, professor Bellamy focused on the role of information groups into the United
Nations for the advancement of consensus on responsibility to protect. It was contradicted with
the role of formal political and regional groups. In addition to this, the books clearly reflects that
double standards which are followed by actors at the time of fulfilling the responsibility to
protect.
Furthermore, author stated that informal group work alongside the formation political
and regional groups. However, he further stated about the relationship between sovereignty and
fundamental human rights. For this purpose, effective protection is needed for security of united
nation. In addition to this, author explained that international community got failed to protect the
mass atrocities and genocide.
Overview of strengths and weaknesses of the book
The book of responsibility to protect has several plus points which help readers to
understand the situation to united nation and role of international relationship and security that
how it assists general population. It has been understood as follows-
Strengths
 Effective presentation of information
 Suitable argument to support the
Weaknesses
 The book do not incorporated to
underlying social structure which tends

statements and given information.
 Inclusion of precise and appropriate
content.
 The responsibility to protect is
considered as the both a norm and
principle.
 Inclusion of chapters clearly which
shed light on specific information for
extracting valid outcome.
to make the atrocities possible.
 The focus of book on piece of rhetoric
which is developed for hiding the
strategies of Western hegemony
 Narrow concept
The aforementioned information of book reflects that social structure is ignored which
plays important role and assists international security which aid to complete all operational
activities effectively. However, the presentation of information is very effective and supportive
in order to draw the valid outcome. In addition to this, appropriate information and content is
incorporated through which readers or targeted people can effectively find the conclusion or
outcome. In addition to this, social structure can be effective with the help of meaningful
information in accordance with present as well a future analysis.
An analysis
The entire book of responsibility to protect reflect that how international relationship and
security is importance and can be ensured for betterment of entire country. This enables parties
to accomplish their given task on time for taking care of general population. The basic focus is
on international intervention along with its possible conflict national sovereignty. Furthermore,
effective aspects of defence of responsibility to protect are explained in the file with clear
justification and appropriate presentation. Sovereignty and protective of Western interventionism
became the wary for many states. At the same time failure of international community to protect
the people is the critical evaluated presented in the book. The book goes in the right direction in
accordance with its subject and highlight the reasons or potential benefit which can be granted to
public of the country (Bellamy, 2017). It can be critically evaluated that principle of mentioned
in the responsibility to protect are not applied successful due to failure of will. Owing to this, it

was inconsistent application with principle affected its final outcome for the community
members.
Apart from this, the interaction of humanitarian programmes with peacekeeping mission
as well as diplomacy might be considered as the problematic situation for the nation. It is
because representation is done on the basis of case by case. Owing to this, it might not be
suitable in particular situation. However, the author of the book has considered the responsibility
to protect as a norm and principle both. It might be illusory at certain points of time due to
association of many other studies for the same aspect. On the other hand, books like
responsibility to prevent consists of very impressive piratical experience and academic in
responsibility to protect (Birch, 2017). This is because of incorporation of genocide prevention,
ethics, international law and social science.
Along with that, effective explanation has been done for international relations and
conflict analysis as well as prevention. This aspects facilitate to clarify the scenario related to
entire nation's security. For example, ethic, international relations prove to be effective to reduce
the chance of war and production of different kind of weapon. This ensure to security and build
good relationship among different countries. Moreover, the the addition of conflict analysis and
prevention enable major parties of country to work upon some of the issues and accordingly find
the solution as per the mutual consent. This leads to have peaceful relationship among nations
and promote freedom as well as security.
Moreover, practice and academic experience has also been done in the book along with
initiation of new book or similar books as responsibility to prevent. This reflects that nations can
promote the peaceful relationship along with healthy environment. At the same time, overall
security of population is considered which tend to bring stability.
CONCLUSION
The aforementioned report concludes that responsibility to protect has been presented in a
precise manner by focusing upon international relationship and security. This defines that
security system in a right manner along with protection of general population of country.

REFERENCES
Books and online
Birch, M., 2017. The responsibility to protect: a defence. [Online]. Available through:
<http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13623699.2016.1266120?
journalCode=fmcs20>. [Accessed on 9th March 2017]
Bellamy, A., 2017. The Responsibility to Protect: A Defense. [Online]. Available through:
<http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198704119.001.0001/
acprof-9780198704119>. [Accessed on 9th March 2017]
Bellamy, A., 2015. The Responsibility to Protect: A Defence (Oxford: Oxford University Press)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/17506352090020030703?
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