Blood and borders the responsibility to protect and the problem of the kin-state

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The responsibility to protect minorities: is the kin-state a problem or a solution? / Walter Kemp -- The responsibility to protect: a forward-looking agenda / Ramesh Thakur -- The borders of sovereignty: whose responsibility is it to protect national minorities? / Bogdan Aurescu -- Where are the borders' national identity and national security / Walter Kemp -- Minority protection, bilateral mechanisms and responsibility to protect / Elizabeth F. Defeis -- Bilateral instruments and mechanisms to protect "kin-minorities" abroad: the case of Hungary's bilateral agreements with its neighbours and their monitoring through joint intergovernmental commissions / Emma Lantschner -- R2P and kinship in the context of Syria and Lebanon / Joshua Castellino -- Problems and prospects for R2P: the unilateral action of Viet Nam in 1978 / Ho-Ming So Denduangrudee -- The role of Russia as a kin-state in protecting the Russian minority in Ukraine / Olena Shapovalova -- Brazilians in Paraguay: a growing internal problem or a regional issue? / James Tiburcio -- The responsibility to prevent conflicts under R2P: the Nigeria Bakassi situation / Rhuks Ako -- Blood across borders: the role of the kin-state in minority protection / Vesselin Popovski and Nicholas Turner.