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People have been taken by surprise by the persistent demonstrations in Turkey against Prime Minister Erdogan and his style of government. Turkey seemed to be more a
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Tag: Libya
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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
David Cameron responded to the concerns of his defence chiefs about the capacities of the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force while fighting a war in Afghanistan and intervening in … Read the rest
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
In response to the developing crisis in Libya, Ballots & Bullets has recently published a series of related posts that have looked at the issue from a number of challenging … 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
The vote of John Baron, the Conservative MP for Basildon and Billericay, against military action in Libya was an unusual thing. As we noted in an earlier post, it … Read the rest
Eight years ago, in March 2003, some 139 government MPs voted against the decision to invade Iraq, along with dozens of abstentions. It was the largest backbench rebellion on any … Read the rest