With the anti-Gaddafi rebels of Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) taking up the reins of power after their successful insurgency against the dictatorship, this piece in The Majalla reflects on … Read the rest
Category: Libya
European and American forces find themselves, once again, fighting side-by-side over foreign lands; this time acting under a United Nations mandate protecting citizens in Libya.
Yet this demonstration of trans-atlantic … Read the rest
Many people like to think that they are living through unique times, with new problems and challenges. Yet they are often merely playing out issues identified centuries ago – as … Read the rest
How coherent are the arguments provoked by the no-fly zone over Libya?
I teach ‘Air Power and Modern Conflict’ to MA students studying International Relations at Nottingham. This critically … Read the rest
In 2007 the US ABC network offered a ‘sincere apology’ to the Philippine medical community. The apology followed a comment made in the TV series Desperate Housewives by … Read the rest
Almost as soon as the UN-sanctioned intervention to establish a no-fly-zone over Libya had begun, journalists were speculating about how long it would take Western troops to set foot in … Read the rest