The Geopolitics of InterventionThis book reviews the global dilemma and tensions over whether to intervene or not to intervene in severe civil conflicts which test the validity of the new doctrine of Responsibility to Protect or R2P. It particularly assesses R2Ps relevance for Asia, which is defined broadly in this book to include West Asia or the Middle East and the regions emergence as the most severe threat to international order in the form of the Arab Uprisings. While East