by Robert Naiman | Apr 4, 2011 | War & Peace
In the first part of a new FPIF Strategic Dialogue on the Libyan War, Robert Naiman argues that the Obama administration is selling the U.S. public a pig in a poke with its military intervention in Libya. See Ian Williams’s pro-intervention argument here. Also...
by Ian Williams | Apr 4, 2011 | Human Rights, War & Peace
In the first part of a new FPIF Strategic Dialogue on the Libyan War, Ian Williams argues that the choice is clear: to support the popular uprising and not the unpopular tyrant. See Robert Naiman’s anti-intervention argument here. Also see the two contributors...
by Adil E. Shamoo | Mar 16, 2011 | Human Rights, War & Peace
Unlike the despots in Egypt and Tunisia, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is resisting the popular revolutions sweeping the Arab world. As of this writing, the pro-democracy rebels successfully control Benghazi, Libya’s second largest city, and most of the eastern...
by Robert Naiman | Feb 17, 2010 | War & Peace
This article is part of a strategic dialogue, responding to David Castonguay’s In Praise of Warlords. I’m in overall agreement with the “going local” spirit of David Castonguay’s piece. If the overriding objective of U.S. policy is to end...
by David Castonguay | Feb 17, 2010 | War & Peace
This article is part of a strategic dialogue on Afghanistan. You can read Robert Naiman’s response here. The United States helped develop and gradually train the Afghan National Forces (ANF) to defeat the resurgent Taliban. The Obama administration is stepping...
