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mk  ·  3965 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Learning From Syria

    Regional security councils would thus have the power to act. It would also mirror the UN Security Council by having broad membership. The UNSC which would have to approve any actionable decisions by the Regionals. But the Regionals themselves would be composed of countries with equal representation in that forum. No country would have veto power.

I feel that these regional councils could work as pressure release valves, and better reflect the local interests, but wonder if the UNSC members with veto power wouldn't apply pressure to all actionable decisions to such an extent that the regionals simply became proxies, with the possibility that the intentions of permanent UNSC members could be masked behind appointed players.

I was reading today about pledges for Syrian refugees. I wonder if there is a way to help non-combatants in a way that steals energy from the conflict. For example, what would be the effect of refugee camps/zones, heavily guarded by international forces, that strictly only admitted woman and children?