On the Cause of US’s Abstaining from Voting for UN Security Council Resolution 2728 (2024)

This study examined the rationale behind the United States (US) abstention from UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 2728, March 25, 2024, which called for a ceasefire in the Israel-Palestine conflict. This research used the Politics of Absence theory to explain the motives behind the abstention. T...

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Main Author: Muhammad Alfian Maulana
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Language:English
Published: Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta 2024-12-01
Series:Journal of Islamic World and Politics
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Online Access:https://jiwp.umy.ac.id/index.php/jiwp/article/view/100
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description This study examined the rationale behind the United States (US) abstention from UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 2728, March 25, 2024, which called for a ceasefire in the Israel-Palestine conflict. This research used the Politics of Absence theory to explain the motives behind the abstention. The framework drew on Suzanne Dovi's Typology of Absence, which provides a foundation for understanding strategic objectives such as protection, protest, and partition, which explain state abstention in international voting. With a qualitative approach, this study found that the US decision was driven by the protection of national interests, dissatisfaction with the failure of the resolution to condemn Hamas, and an inclination to explore alternative conflict resolution mechanisms.
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spelling doaj-art-4e8c1f2a37a74578bc824097d6050d8b2025-08-20T03:29:10ZengUniversitas Muhammadiyah YogyakartaJournal of Islamic World and Politics2614-05352655-13302024-12-018211412610.18196/jiwp.v8i2.100100On the Cause of US’s Abstaining from Voting for UN Security Council Resolution 2728 (2024)Muhammad Alfian Maulana0Universitas Gadjah MadaThis study examined the rationale behind the United States (US) abstention from UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 2728, March 25, 2024, which called for a ceasefire in the Israel-Palestine conflict. This research used the Politics of Absence theory to explain the motives behind the abstention. The framework drew on Suzanne Dovi's Typology of Absence, which provides a foundation for understanding strategic objectives such as protection, protest, and partition, which explain state abstention in international voting. With a qualitative approach, this study found that the US decision was driven by the protection of national interests, dissatisfaction with the failure of the resolution to condemn Hamas, and an inclination to explore alternative conflict resolution mechanisms.https://jiwp.umy.ac.id/index.php/jiwp/article/view/100us foreign policythe politics of absenceun security council resolutionsmiddle east
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On the Cause of US’s Abstaining from Voting for UN Security Council Resolution 2728 (2024)
Journal of Islamic World and Politics
us foreign policy
the politics of absence
un security council resolutions
middle east
title On the Cause of US’s Abstaining from Voting for UN Security Council Resolution 2728 (2024)
title_full On the Cause of US’s Abstaining from Voting for UN Security Council Resolution 2728 (2024)
title_fullStr On the Cause of US’s Abstaining from Voting for UN Security Council Resolution 2728 (2024)
title_full_unstemmed On the Cause of US’s Abstaining from Voting for UN Security Council Resolution 2728 (2024)
title_short On the Cause of US’s Abstaining from Voting for UN Security Council Resolution 2728 (2024)
title_sort on the cause of us s abstaining from voting for un security council resolution 2728 2024
topic us foreign policy
the politics of absence
un security council resolutions
middle east
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