“For one country R2P might be a hope, for another county it might be a curse. Where is that line? How can we be sure to react quickly and in a way to turn a potential curse into a hope?” R2P (responsibility to protect) is a topic that second-year MPA student Mastona Khalilova thinks about a lot – in part because of the friendships she has made with several MPA classmates who are from countries in which the international community’s decision to intervene – or not to intervene – has had momentous consequences for civilian populations.
