Some governments are also worried that R2P could be turned on them. Russian and Chinese reticence about pressuring governments that deserve censure and sanction stems partly from such concerns; the absence of consensus on Syria is just one result.
但许多政府担心R2P增加了人们对它们采取行动的预期，而这可能付出沉重的生命、军事支出和商业优先事项代价。一些国家的政府还担心可能成为R2P的目标。俄罗斯和中国在向应该受到指责和制裁的政府施压方面持保留态度，部分原因就在于此；叙利亚问题无法形成一致只是结果之一。