Western and East Asian strategies of protecting people

What is it about?

One of the main trends in the international relations and international security, for the past two decades has been the new eagerness to intervene into failed and autocratic countries if they fail to protect their own citizens. This trend has distinguished East Asia (including both Southeast and Northeast Asia) from the West. While the West is eager to use military power to fight terrorists and dictators, East Asian approach is economic, since poverty is often seen in East Asia as the main challenge of human security. East Asian protection respects the sovereignty more than Western protection, and East Asia tries to avoid unilateral interference into internal affairs of other states and relies on the centrality of the UN, whenever there is a need to help other states by intrusive means. A study of the various elements of the different approaches by an investigation of the association between these elements on the one hand and conflict fatalities and state fragility reveals that the East Asian approach to human security is more effective.

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Why is it important?

The research result is very important as a lot of money is wasted into intrusive, unilateral military operations that aim at protecting civilians from dictators and terrorists and it seems this money is not just wasted, but rather it contributes to further suffering and loss of life among the people operations aim at protecting.

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