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1990 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 368-369
Author(s):  
Ranbir Vohra
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Chinese Politics ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Communication Services ◽  
Print Communication ◽  
Contemporary Chinese ◽  
The Revolution

Separating Intervention from Regime Change: China's Diplomatic Innovations at the UN Security Council Regarding the Syria Crisis

2018 ◽  
Vol 235 ◽  
pp. 693-712 ◽  
Author(s):  
Courtney J. Fung
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Security Council ◽  
Regime Change ◽  
Responsibility To Protect ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Un Security Council ◽  
Policy Elites

AbstractChina's response to the recent Syria crisis at the UN Security Council represents a crucial case in China's approach to intervention in that it breaks from China's recent practice of becoming more permissive regarding intervention. Instead, China actively worked to ensure that a firm line was drawn to separate intervention from foreign-imposed regime change. It did so by employing three diplomatic innovations: exercising multiple, successive vetoes; expanding discourse to delegitimize intervention as “regime change” by Western powers; and engaging in norm-shaping of the international community's “responsibility to protect” post-intervention. Together, these three innovations highlight China's desire to firmly separate the intervention norm from that of regime change. Using a variety of primary sources, the article also draws insights from interviews with foreign policy elites in Beijing, New York and New Delhi.

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