Syria and the Neutrality Trap: The Dilemmas of Delivering Humanitarian Aid Through Violent Regimes
Cover page -- Halftitle page -- About the book -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- About the Author -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION TO A TOUGH DILEMMA -- Chapter 2 EXPECTATIONS AND DISILLUSIONS BEYOND SYRIA -- Chapter 3 CONTAINING THE HUMAN BEAST: FUNDAMENTALS OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW -- The Government's Particular Responsibility -- State-centred International Practice -- Neutrality and Impartiality -- Countries' Controversial Consent -- Chapter 4 A MOVING TARGET: THE DYNAMICS OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AND INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW -- Law or War? -- An Octopus with Dwindling Force -- Contested Notions of State Sovereignty -- Chapter 5 THE TERRORISM TOOL: DE-HUMANIZING THE 'OTHER' -- The Sin of Rage at Ground Zero -- The Myth of the Unlawful Combatant -- Poisonous Rhetoric -- A Self-fulfilling Prophecy -- Chapter 6 DE-NEUTRALIZING AID: ALL ROADS LEAD TO DAMASCUS -- The Government's Grip on Humanitarian Work -- The Plight of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent in a Totalitarian System -- Western Diplomats' Dilemma -- Damascus or Cross Border: The Hard Choice -- Cross-border Controversies in the Security Council -- Chapter 7 IN THE PILLORY: THE UN'S SYRIA DILEMMA -- Complicity with Evil? -- Contracting Dangerous Bedfellows -- Between All Fronts -- Chapter 8 CREDIBILITY CRISIS -- The UN Reacts -- Donors React -- Chapter 9 DIVERSIFYING AID: ROADS TO CIRCUMVENT DAMASCUS -- 'Humanitarian Plus' -- A Double-edged Sword -- The Reconstruction Gamble -- Chapter 10 IRRECONCILABLE POSITIONS: ROADS TO NOWHERE -- A Fig Leaf for Political Failure -- Double Deficiency -- Russia's Soft Power Failure -- Contempt for Multilateralism -- Chapter 11 ARGUMENTS FOR CHANGE: HOW TO AVOID THE NEUTRALITY TRAP -- Chapter 12 CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.