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Abusive leaders are now held accountable for their crimes in a way that was unimaginable just a few decades ago. What are the consequences of this recent push for international justice? In The Justice Dilemma, Daniel Krcmaric explains why the "golden parachute" of exile is no longer an attractive retirement option for oppressive rulers. He argues that this is both a blessing and a curse: leaders culpable for atrocity crimes fight longer civil wars because they lack good exit options, but the threat of international prosecution deters some leaders from committing atrocities in the first place. The Justice Dilemma therefore diagnoses an inherent tension between conflict resolution and atrocity prevention, two of the signature goals of the international community.Krcmaric also sheds light on several important puzzles in world politics. Why do some rulers choose to fight until they are killed or captured? Why not simply save oneself by going into exile? Why do some civil conflicts last so much longer than others? Why has state-sponsored violence against civilians fallen in recent years? While exploring these questions, Krcmaric marshals statistical evidence on patterns of exile, civil war duration, and mass atrocity onset. He also reconstructs the decision-making processes of embattled leaders-including Muammar Gaddafi of Libya, Charles Taylor of Liberia, and Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso-to show how contemporary international justice both deters atrocities and prolongs conflicts.
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TheJusticeDilemma
a volum e in th e series
CornellStudiesinSecurityAffairs
EditedbyRobertJ.Art,RobertJervis,andStephenM.Walt
Alistoftitlesinthisseriesisavailableatcornellpress.cornell.edu.
T
he Justice Dilemma
LeadersandExileinanEraof Accountability
Da n i e l K r c m a r i c
CornellUniversityPressIthaca and London
Cornell University Press gratefully acknowledges receipt of a grant
from the Kaplan Institute for the Humanities, Northwestern
University, which aided in the publication of this book.
Copyright © 2020 by Cornell University
All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book,
or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without
permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address
Cornell University Press, Sage House, 512 East State Street, Ithaca,
New York 14850. Visit our website at cornellpress.cornell.edu.
First published 2020 by Cornell University Press
Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data
Names: Krcmaric, Daniel, 1986– author.
Title: The justice dilemma : leaders and exile in an era of
accountability / Daniel Krcmaric.
Description: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2020. |
Series: Cornell studies in security affairs | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020001955 (print) | LCCN 2020001956 (ebook) |
ISBN 9781501750212 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501750236 (pdf) |
ISBN 9781501750229 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: International criminal law. | Criminal justice,
Administration of—International cooperation. | Heads of
state—Legal status, laws, etc. | Exile (Punishment). | International
crimes—Prevention. | Political atrocities—Prevention. | Civil war.
Classication:LCCKZ7235.K732020(print)|LCCKZ7235(ebook)|
DDC 341.6/9—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020001955
LCebookrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2020001956
Cover photograph: Nigerian peacekeepers wave goodbye to the
plane carrying former Liberian President Charles Taylor to exile in
Nigeria. August 11, 2003, Monrovia, Liberia. Photograph by
Chris Hondros / Getty Images News via Getty Images.
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Contents
ListofFiguresandTables
Acknowledgments
ListofAbbreviations
Justice Goes Global
The Justice Dilemma
The Mechanism: Exile
The Perverse Effect: Prolonging Civil Wars
The Positive Effect: Deterring Mass Atrocities
Grasping the Dilemma
ReferencesIndex
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FiguresandTables
Figures
1. Rate of exile for culpable leaders over time2. International justice and the probability of exile3. Other potential determinants of exile4. International justice and the hazard of civil war termination5. International justice and the probability of mass killing
Tables
1. Fates of leaders indicted in international criminal tribunals2. Logit models of exile3. Weibull models of civil war duration4. Logit models of mass killing onset5. Does treaty ratification matter?
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Acknowledgments
Peopleoftensaywritingabookislikerunningamarathon.Havingonlydone one of the two, I cannot quite confirm the analogy. But it has certainly been a long run, and I am excited to have the opportunity to thank everyone who helped along the way. ThisbooksoriginsgobacktoDukeUniversity.Mygreatestintellectualdebt is to Alex Downes. Ever since I started as his lowly research assistant in 2009, Alex has been a fantastic mentor and friend as he taught me how to navigate the strange world of academia. My time at Duke also brought the good fortune of meeting several other advisers who helped get this project off the ground. Erik Wibbels is always the smartest person in the room, and I hope at least a tiny bit of his intellect rubbed off on me. Laia Balcells joined our department halfway through my time at Duke, and it took all of my selfcontrol to give her a few days on campus before I started asking her for advice. Peter Feaver pushed me to think seriously about the policy implica tions of academic work and consistently found pockets of research money for which I will always be grateful. IcompletedthisbookasafacultymemberatNorthwesternUniversity.I have been lucky to benefit from the insights of all my colleagues in Scott Hall, but a few deserve special recognition for generously taking the time to offer detailed feedback on my book. I hope Hendrik Spruyt, Karen Alter, Steve Nelson, Will Reno, Marina Henke, Ana Arjona, Jay Seawright, Andrew Roberts, and Robert Braun will notice their fingerprints scattered across these pages. Al Tillery has been a tireless advocate since I arrived in Evanston. The J+ happy hour group gets credit for helping maintain my sanity. Thanks also to the smart students at Northwestern (especially
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