Each week, In Theory takes on a big idea in the news and explores it from a range of perspectives. This week we’re talking about the Responsibility to Protect doctrine. Need a primer? Catch up here. Evan Cinq-Mars is an advocacy officer at the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect and author of “Too Little, Too Late: Failing to Prevent Atrocities in the Central African Republic.” The Central African Republic, a landlocked country of 4.6 million people, seems ready for a fresh start.