Episode 2: Saving Strangers: The 'False Promise' of Responsibility to Protect - Interview with Professor Richard Caplan (University of Oxford)

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HGGS - Us and Them

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In the podcast series “Us and Them,” Heidelberg University’s Graduate School for the Humanities and Social Sciences (HGGS) explores how divisions between groups emerge and shape societies across cultural, political, and historical contexts. Drawing on their research, professors, doctoral researchers, and experts discuss how boundaries are formed, identities constructed, and power negotiated across disciplines—from history and literature to sociology, philosophy, law, economics and beyond. Tune in as they discuss how this theme resonates in diverse cultural, political, and theoretical contexts.

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Episode 2: Saving Strangers: The 'False Promise' of Responsibility to Protect - Interview with Professor Richard Caplan (University of Oxford)

HGGS - Us and Them

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Episode 2: Saving Strangers: The 'False Promise' of Responsibility to Protect - Interview with Professor Richard Caplan (University of Oxford)

Professor Richard Caplan (University of Oxford) in conversation with Sinan Barış Yaşar (HGGS)

In the second episode, we welcome Prof. Dr. Richard Caplan, Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford. Sinan Barış Yaşar (Law) from the HGGS interviews Professor Caplan, who reflects on the question: Has the Responsibility to Protect, particularly in the context of United Nations peacekeeping operations, amounted to a ‘false promise’? The conversation explores the historical evolution of the UN’s peacekeeping mandate, the enduring challenges in the execution of peacekeeping operations—including the so-called “Intervention Dilemma” articulated by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan—as well as the rising global influence of nationalist movements on the politics of the UN and the changing role of regional organizations in global peacekeeping efforts. How might international peacekeeping be reimagined for the future? We sincerely thank Professor Caplan for delivering the keynote lecture at the HGGS Summer Forum “Us and Them” on June 27, and for sharing his expertise and reflections in this podcast episode.

Timeline

(00:00) Introducing Professor Richard Caplan

(06:24) The Evolution of UN Peacekeeping Operations

(13:06) The “Exception Proves the Rule” Problem

(15:20) The Dilemma of Humanitarian Intervention

(21:20) The Role of the UN in Preventing Unseen Mass Atrocities

(29:25) Current Challenges Facing the UN

(35:44) The Role of Regional Organizations in Peacekeeping

(41:27) Conclusion

Keywords

UN peacekeeping, United Nations, humanitarian intervention, Richard Caplan, Oxford University, international relations, conflict management, responsibility to protect, global governance, peacebuilding, atrocities prevention, regional organizations, state responsibility, geopolitical tensions, monitoring, global challenges, multilateral cooperation, need for reform, protecting populations, humanitarian intervention dilemma