by Timothy Karr, Clothilde Le Coz | Mar 25, 2011 | Human Rights
Springtime in the Arab world is looking bleaker now that despots in Libya, Bahrain, and Yemen and reactionary elements in Egypt have gained an upper hand against the pro-democracy protesters who have inspired the world. And the Internet, hailed sometimes in excess as...
by M. Junaid Levesque-Alam | Mar 25, 2011 | Human Rights, War & Peace
As Western intervention against the Qaddhafi regime enters its seventh day, rebels remain enthusiastic. The Arab League, though considerably less enthusiastic, also continues to back the effort. In the United States, however, some commentators have adopted a more...
by M. Junaid Levesque-Alam | Mar 22, 2011 | Human Rights, War & Peace
(Pictured: The Arab League leaders, once upon a time.) Two days after Western forces struck Libyan military targets, halting Qaddhafi’s attack on civilians in Benghazi and elsewhere, some observers wonder whether the Arab League will withdraw its support for the...
by John Feffer | Mar 22, 2011 | Human Rights, War & Peace
In its threat to use force against the Libyan government, the international community put Muammar Gaddafi into what chess aficionados calls zugzwang. This clever gambit traps the opponent so that any move worsens his or her position. Thus, if Gaddafi continued to...
by Ian Williams | Mar 18, 2011 | Human Rights, War & Peace
(Pictured: The tyrant as a young officer.) The Security Council voted late Thursday by 10 votes to zero, but with five abstentions, for a resolution that authorized military action to protect civilians. The resolution included many understandable reservations and...
