From a ‘rogue’ to a parolee. Analyzing the Libya’s ‘de-roguing’.
Onderco, M. (2014) “From a ‘rogue’ to a parolee. Analyzing the Libya’s ‘de-roguing’”. In Wagner, W.M, Werner, W. G. & Onderco, M. Theorizing Deviance in International Relations: ‘Rogue states’ in international security. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 171-192.
This contribution looks at the demise of the rogue states, a neglected area of the study of rogue states. While the study of the emergence of rogue states abound, it is far less frequent to study their end. Yet when we acknowledge that the renegade statehood is socially constructed, the end of such social construction is a matter of re-construction. This chapter explores how the US and British governments managed the transformation of the image of the Libyan regime from one of a renegade to the one of a respected partner. By looking at the reversal of the frames, we learn about the ability of the policy-makers to steer the public opinion by re-construction of frames.