TY - BOOK AU - HEHIR Aidan TI - The permanence of inconsistency: Libya, the Securtiy Council, and the Responsibility to Protect PY - 2013/// KW - RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT KW - UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL N2 - Despite arguments to the contrary this article puts the case that R2P has not significantly affected UN responses to large scale intra-state crises. The principle characteristic is inertia due to the nature of the five permanent members of the Security Council who, according to this article, are guided by politics and pragmatism rather than principles ER -