Humanitarian Space and International Politics: The Creation of Safe Areas

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Charts
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Introduction: The Beginning of a New Era?
	A ‘New’ Humanitarian Device?
	Safe Areas as Humanitarian Spaces
1. A Conceptual Analysis of Humanitarian Space
	Spatial Practice and Humanitarian Space
	The Spatial Order of International Politics
	Three Models of Humanitarian Space
	Conclusion
2. ‘Safe Haven’ in Northern Iraq: From Shelter to Homeland
	Background
	Resolution 688
	The ‘Safe Haven’ Plan
	Allied and UN ‘Havens’
	Expanding the Haven: Towards a Kurdish Homeland
	Sustaining the Homeland
	The Kurdistan Regional Government
	Conclusion
3. ‘Safe Area’ in Srebrenica: The Dilemma of Military Protection
	Background
	Earlier Safe Area Plans
	Resolution 819
	Humanitarian Space and the Issue of Security
	The Fall
	Conclusion
4. ‘Safe Humanitarian Zone’ in Rwanda: A Nebulous Humanitarian Space
	Background
	Humanitarian Spaces in Kigali
	Resolution 918
	Safe Humanitarian Zone
	Constructing Two Territories
	Destabilizing the Region
	Conclusion
Conclusion: The End of an Era?
	Humanitarian Space in Practice
	Critical Implications for International Politics
	A Return to the Old Order?
Bibliography
Index