The international community's responses to humanitarian crises are often highly polarised, veering from passivity to demonising leaders and advocating sanctions, coercive military strikes or regime change.

Using insights from social psychology, virtue theory and foreign policy analysis, this talk will explore practical ways of persuading leaders to be ethical and respect human rights.

Dr Jamie Gaskarth is Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham, Editor of Journal of Global Security Studies, Chair of the ISA's English School Section and author/editor of 6 books on foreign policy and international relations.

This talk is part of our Geneva International Sanctions Network (GISN) organised by the Global Governance Centre.