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Published in: HomeLibya: popular revolt, military intervention
The changing dynamics of the Libyan conflict highlight the contradictions of "humanitarian intervention" when...
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Published in: HomeInching closer towards moral breakdown
The truth about western humanitarian interventions is a moral truth
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Published in: HomeLibya in context: imperialists no longer paper tigers?
Maybe saving the lives of civilians by taking away their fundamental political agency is the real problem with...
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Published in: HomeLibya and a decade’s war
The west’s military-political strategy against the Gaddafi regime echoes its flawed approach to Afghanistan and...
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Published in: HomeLibya's challenge: democracy under the gun
The military intervention in Libya now threatens the Arab democracy risings. This makes diplomacy and...
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Published in: HomeGaddafi and Libya – a case for just intervention?
Full militaristic intervention cannot be justified on the grounds that this is a ‘just war’. We are then left with...
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Published in: HomeLibya Peace Talks: UN Resolution 1325?
For the sake of Libyan society as a whole, women must play a more equal and visible role in shaping it.
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Published in: HomeIslamophobia and the Arab spring
If the opportunity can be seized to help more people to build prosperous lives of liberty in their own countries,...
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Published in: openSecurityLibya: time to decide
Providing air support and arms for the Libyan opposition is necessary if stalemate and partition are to be avoided,...
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Published in: HomeLibya: war or humanitarian intervention?
In the end the prospects for democracy depend on whether the rebels can mobilise support politically throughout...
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Published in: HomeLibya, Arab democracy, and western policy
The United States and European intervention in Libya leaves open key questions about the future of western power in...
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Published in: HomeLibya's war, history's shadow
The diplomatic context of the anti-Gaddafi war is different from that of earlier western military interventions in...
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Published in: HomeLibya: the view from where you are
The international war over Libya began on the late evening of 19 March 2011. Its meaning depends on the angle of...
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Published in: HomeWhen the armies go marching in: Bahrain and Libya
The Gulf Co-operation Council, whose normal work is to consolidate and promote oil interests, would do well to...
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Published in: HomeLibya, Bahrain, and the Arab spring
Even as the United States military quietly prepares for possible action against the Gaddafi regime, the violence of...
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Published in: HomeDealing with Saif Gaddafi: naivety, complicity or cautious engagement?
How should the London School of Economics have handled its Libyan connections? Fred Halliday strongly opposed...
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Published in: HomeMilitary intervention against Gaddafi might shake the regime in Iran
If major western capitals reach a consensus with the Arab world to intervene in Libya, Tehran may well perceive this...
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Published in: openSecuritySplits over no-fly zone as Gaddafi forces gain ground
World mulls no-fly zone as Gaddafi troops gain ground: time is running out for rebels. India overtakes China as...
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Published in: HomeNuclear Follies
The so-called nuclear renaissance is irrational. Just look to Libya and Japan.
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Published in: HomeLibya: the prospect of war
The military balance of Libya’s domestic conflict is raising debate about external intervention. But the strategy of...