UN's R2P law best solution to Syrian crisis: US pol scientist

February 28, 2016 12:18

The Syrian civil war is a disease and groups like ISIS are its symptoms, according to Iranian-American political scientist Majid Rafizadeh who says the best option to tackle it is UN sending a coalition of forces under

its R2P law to take control of Syria and stop the bloodshed.

He argues that the underlying reason behind the emergence of ISIS and other radical groups is the Syrian conflict and prior foreign intervention which tipped the balance of power in the region.

"Without tackling the disease, the symptoms will not be alleviated. Currently, it seems too late to act. But the best option is to deploy the UN law of R2P, The Responsibility to Protect, in which the UN will send a coalition of forces to take control of Syria and stop the bloodshed," the Harvard University scholar, who has recently come out with a book

titled "A God Who Hates Women," told PTI.

He says "unfortunately the gap between Russia and US in the UN Security Council is too deep to bridge" although a cease-fire brokered by these two countries brought relative calm to parts of Syria for the first time in years yesterday.

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