Javad Heydarian, Author at Foreign Policy Journal

About the Author

Javad Heydarian

Javad Heydarian is a political scientist, specializing on Middle Eastern affairs and international political economy. He holds a B.A. in Political Science, and is currently a graduate student at University of the Philippines’ department of political science. He is a contributor to Foreign Policy in Focus of Institute for Policy Studies in Washington D.C., Focus on the Global South in Bangkok, and Transnational Institute in Amsterdam and the Rome-based Inter-Press Service. His articles have appeared on or cited in Asia Times, Foreign Policy, and United Press International.

Mainstreaming R2P in the Middle East: Opportunities and Challenges

Posted by Javad Heydarian | Feb 26, 2011 | Africa, Essays, Middle East |

Summary Institutionalizing Responsibility to Protect (R2P) in the bureaucratic structure of Middle Eastern states faces two major, intertwined problems: first, the ‘state’ in the context of Middle East, not...

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