The Responsibility to Protect in Darfur: From Forgotten Conflict to Global Cause and Back

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: Darfur and the responsibility to protect
	A personal journey
	The purpose of this book
	What Darfur means for R2P, and vice versa
	How this book is structured
	Note
	References
Chapter 1: Understanding R2P: Saving strangers in a messy world
	R2P: An idea whose time has come … and gone?
		The origins and development of R2P
		Four debates about R2P …
		… and two unanswered questions
	R2P: What is in a norm?
		What is your status?
		A bundle of norms about sovereignty?
		The core of R2P: the Saving Strangers Norm
	Approach and framework for studying R2P in Darfur
		Research approach and methodology
		Why Darfur?
		Analytical framework
	Chapter findings
	Notes
	References
Chapter 2: Activating R2P: The social construction of Darfur as a test case for saving strangers
	Darfur’s trajectory from forgotten conflict to global cause
		Setting the stage for conflict
		From a forgotten conflict …
		… to global cause
		Why Darfur became a global cause
	Making Darfur “meaning-ful”: the emergence of a narrative to save strangers
		Constitution of the Darfur narrative
		Understanding the resonance of the Darfur narrative
	Tackling a “problem from hell”: the emergence of the Save Darfur movement
		Save Darfur! The genesis of the Darfur advocacy movement
		Understanding the Save Darfur movement
	Chapter findings
	Notes
	References
Chapter 3: Implementing R2P: The international response to the Darfur conflict
	Activist strategies to save strangers in Darfur
		Saving strangers through mass mobilization
		The 3Ps to save strangers in Darfur
	Reaping what you sow: “doing something” to save strangers
		The dynamics of “doing something”
		The power of argumentative traps: the case of the US government
	Vanguards of protection: peacekeepers to save strangers
		Outsourcing protection: the African Union in Darfur
		Blue-hatting the peacekeepers
		UNAMID: a peacekeeping force to save strangers
	The ICC Factor: Criminal justice to save strangers
		The International Criminal Court as a tool of R2P
		Strangers in jeopardy? The consequences of the al-Bashir indictment
	Chapter findings
	Notes
	References
Chapter 4: Appropriating R2P: The ramifications of saving strangerson the Darfur opposition
	Exporting the struggle: internationalization as an instrument of opposition politics
		Internationalization through media coverage
		Internationalization through activist engagement
		Internationalization through information sharing
	The Darfur rebels and the perils of fame
		Talking the talk of saving strangers
		Walking the talk? The ramifications of saving strangers
	Saving strangers and local political opposition
		Speaking globally, acting locally: saving strangers at the grassroots level
		The impact of the Save Darfur campaigns on local political opposition
	Chapter findings
	Notes
	References
Chapter 5: Defying R2P: Sudanese government reactions to the international push to save strangers in Darfur
	The logic and trajectory of the NCP regime in Sudan
		Islamist ascension in Sudan
		Becoming a pariah
		Un-becoming a pariah
	Counter discourses on Darfur
		Public discourse in Sudan
		Initial denial and information control
		Futile attempts to relieve pressure
		In defiance of saving strangers
	Repercussions of the Darfur campaigns on the Sudanese government
		Pressure induces change
		Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose
	Chapter findings
	Notes
	References
Chapter 6: Deactivating R2P: The deconstruction of Darfur as a case for saving strangers
	Darfur’s slide back into a forgotten conflict
		Developments since 2011
		Deactivating R2P as the main interpretive frame
	Making sense of Darfur’s backsliding
		Two common explanations
		Narrative unraveled
		Losing the champions
		Khartoum’s push
	Consequences of Darfur’s backsliding
		Re-articulating political interests in Sudan
		Dismantling R2P interventions
		On the ground
	Chapter findings
	Notes
	References
Conclusion: Lessons from Darfur as a test case for saving strangers
	R2P implementation: three conclusions …
	… and five dilemmas
	The responsibility to protect in Darfur: What is the verdict?
	Notes
	References
Index