R2P and the US Intervention in Libya

This book argues that the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) the Libyan people played an important role in the U.S.'s decision to act, both in terms of how the language of deliberation was framed and the implementation of the actual intervention once all preventive means had been exhausted. While the initial ethos of the intervention followed international norms, the author argues that as the conflict continued to unfold, the Obama administration's loss of focus and lack of political will for post-conflict resolution, as well as a wider lack of understanding of ever changing politics on the ground, resulted in Libya's precipitation into chaos. By examining the cases of Rwanda and Darfur alongside the interventions in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan, the book discusses how these cases influenced current decision-making with regards to foreign interventions and offers a triangular framework through which to understand R2P: responsibility to prevent, react and rebuild.

Includes a preface by Gen. Carter Ham, Former Commander, U.S. Africa Command Addresses the skepticism of those who think that the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) is just an empty rhetoric Shows the role played by women Samantha Power, Hilary Clinton, and Susan Rice in altering the main tenets of U.S. foreign policy

Autorentext
Paul Tang Abomo is a Jesuit Professor of Political Science at Hekima Institute of Peace Studies and International Relations, Kenya.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. The Responsibility to Protect: The History of a Growing Norm.- 3. Theory and Methods.- 4. U.S. Foreign Policy in the Context of Humanitarian Intervention.- 5. Historical Context of U.S. Libyan Relations (prior to 2011).- 6. R2P Norm of Prevention in U.S. Foreign Policy toward the Libyan Civil War.- 7. R2P Norm of Reaction in U.S. Foreign Policy toward the Libyan Civil War.- 8. R2P Norm of Rebuilding in U.S. Foreign Policy toward the Libyan Civil War.- 9. General Conclusion: R2P After Libya.