Protection as Statecraft
Protection of Civilians (POC) has been made a critical component of the majority of today’s UN Peacekeeping mandates. My project focuses on the development of protection policies and practices as a way to understand expressions of sovereignty and statecraft in conflict zones. I examine diplomatic practices and international negotiations of protection through power and resistance on thr ground. I look at how dynamics of protection and responsibility unfold when the international community intervenes to build peace.