States that may be developing nuclear weapons as well as those that aspire to may draw the wrong conclusions from the U.S.-NATO Libya campaign.
To Whatever Extent Libya Is a Victory, It’s a Defeat for Nuclear Nonproliferation
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Libya
Libyan Rebel Forces Continue to Detain Sub-Saharans and Black Libyans
NATO allies working to outmaneuver one another to secure oil contracts in Libya have overshadowed their “responsibility to protect.”
Western Multinationals Enabled Qaddafi’s Suppression of Libyans
Multinationals and their products have been involved in suppressing the Arab Spring and have made hefty profits from providing surveillance capacity, security contracting and arms sales to repressive regimes.
Libya Must Shape its Own Future
After 42 years of Muammar el-Qaddafi, it is now long overdue for the Libyan people to determine their own destiny.
The Crisis of Humanitarian Intervention
Events in Libya and Syria have again brought to the forefront the question of armed humanitarian intervention or the “responsibility to protect.” Is it ever legitimate to supersede the principle of national sovereignty with a military intervention aimed at protecting citizens from their government? And if the answer is yes, what circumstances would justify this course of action and how should it be carried out?
Ramadan Stops Libyan Rebels Neither From Fighting Gaddafi’s Forces, Nor Among Themselves
After the killing of Libyan rebel military commander Abdul Fattah Younes, the future of Libya is more in doubt than ever.
Libya: Will Air War Become an Occupation? (Part Two of a Series)
If the United States decides to send troops into Libay, will President Obama seek authorization required under the War Powers Act – or another “out” from Congressional scrutiny?
Shifting Targets: From Iran to Libya and Syria (Part 1)
Invading Libya is about the oil, Syria — eliminating the only Russian naval base in the Mediterranean and weakening Hizbollah.
Call for Attacks on Libyan Infrastructure Provides Glimpse of NATO’s Real Motives
Are we being dragged into a war whose means violate the Geneva Conventions and whose end violates the UN resolution that protects civilians?
Responsibility to Protect Gives Way to Targeted Assassination and Regime Change in Libya
The messaging used to sell the invasion of Libya to the American people — that NATO was taking up the ‘responsibility to protect’ — painted a thin veneer over lurking geopolitical motives.