This book seeks to understand the obligation of the international community to implement the principles of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P).

1. Introduction, Daniel Silander & Don Wallace 2. The United Nations, International Organizations and Responsibility to Protect, Don Wallace & Daniel Silander 3. Contextualizing Conflict: Trends and Challenges in the Syrian Civil War, Stephen Marr 4. ICC, Don Wallace 5. OPCW, John Janzekovic 6. OIC, Melinda Negrón-Gonzales 7. LAS, Alan Patterson & Craig McLean 8. GCC, Daniel Silander 9. NATO, Daniel Silander 10. G8, Niall Michelsen 11. OSCE, Martin Nilsson 12. Conclusion, Don Wallace & Daniel Silander

Daniel Silander is Associate Professor in political science at Linnaeus University, Sweden. Don Wallace is Professor of criminal justice at the University of Central Missouri, USA.