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  • 6 Apr 2011
    Libya and a decade-long war

    The west’s military-political strategy against the Gaddafi regime echoes its flawed approach to Afghanistan and Iraq, says Professor Paul Rogers. Nato is a military alliance, whose political masters still seem unable to think more creatively. The living consequences of Afghanistan and Iraq make the vacuum in Libya all the more dismaying.

  • 4 Apr 2011
    Intervention in Libya - a range of dilemmas

    Last week I recorded a radio interview with Vatican Radio's Susy Hodges focusing on issues around foreign military intervention in Libya: is it morally justified and what are its implications for the wider region? What is the end game and how is all this likely to impact on the often embattled Christian minorities in the Middle Eastern region?

  • 2 Apr 2011
    Libya: humanitarian intervention or war?

    In the end the prospects for democracy depend on whether the rebels can mobilise support politically throughout Libya, says Mary Kaldor. The problem with the military approach is that it entrenches division. The preoccupation with classic military means is undermining the capacity to address growing insecurity and risks a deteriorating situation.

  • 30 Mar 2011
    The Libyan conflict: observations and questions

    Without seeking to draw explicit conclusions about the current conflict in and over Libya, Harry Hagopian offers some observations and questions about what is going on, and proposes a cautious hopefulness about the 'Arab spring', even in the midst of winter.

  • 24 Mar 2011
    No timetable to end Libya conflict, says US defence secretary

    The US defence secretary has said that there is no timetable to end of the Western military campaign in Libya, as international concern grows.

  • 23 Mar 2011
    Libya military campaign hit by division, wrangling and uncertainty

    Disagreements about the command, objectives, cost, legal basis and control of the Western military action in Libya have grown in the last 48 hours.

  • 22 Mar 2011
    Libya: a sense of perspective

    When does an anti-Government uprising become a civil war? Can the rebels wage a proper united campaign? How will the West proceed in its dealings with Libya and the wider North Africa Middle East (MENA) region?

  • 22 Mar 2011
    Parliament should not just 'rubber stamp' wars, critics say

    The engagement of UK forces in Libya without prior agreement from MPs has again raised the question of the need for parliamentary approval of military action.

  • 21 Mar 2011
    Christians, Libya and the cycle of violence

    "Is it ever right for Christians to support military action in places like Libya?" That was the question posed to me on Premier Christian Radio this morning, alongside the pragmatic issue of what is happening following the Western bombing raids and what the wider implications are.

  • 20 Mar 2011
    Government refuses publicly to rule out ground troops in Libya

    The UK chancellor has pointedly refused to rule out British ground troops being sent to Libya, despite the clear position of UN Security Resolution 1973.