section_path: Reactions
section_name: Reactions
paragraph_text: Reactions
  
  According to rational choice theory, it should be possible to intervene to prevent genocide by raising the costs of engaging in such violence relative to alternatives.
  
  Responsibility to protect is a doctrine that emerged around 2000, in the aftermath of several genocides around the world, that seeks to balance state sovereignty with the need for international intervention to prevent genocide. Yet, in practice it is primarily deployed by the United States and its allies against less powerful countries, without affecting the immunity of powerful countries and their allies from legal liability for genocide.