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NATOSource

Aug 24, 2011

UN or NATO peacekeepers in Libya?

By Max Boot, the Los Angeles Times

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

NATOSource

Aug 24, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on August 23

By NATO

NATOSource

Aug 24, 2011

NATO Considers Options for a Postwar Role in Libya

By the AP

From the AP:  NATO’s governing body — the North Atlantic Council — has told its military staff to brainstorm ways to assist a future U.N. mission to stabilize the country.

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Aug 24, 2011

Libya, Egypt, and Syria: “The LES Countries”

By Harlan Ullman

The term “BRICs” is a virtual cliche. Brazil, Russia, India and China were lumped together as the globe’s “emerging” economic dynamos. Now, if even handedness applies to politics, we should declare the “LES” countries, drawn together by public rebellion against decades of autocratic rule. Libya, Egypt and Syria are the charter members. Whether what happens […]

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New Atlanticist

Aug 24, 2011

Well Done, NATO!

By Julian Lindley-French

NATO will soon suspend Operation Unified Protector over Libya. Nigh on ten years after 9/11 and after a gruelling decade of controversy and division the Alliance can finally chalk up an unequivocal success. The new regime in Tripoli simply would not have succeeded in toppling Gaddafi without NATO’s support and I for one wish to […]

NATO Security & Defense

NATOSource

Aug 24, 2011

Curious victory for NATO in Libya

By Michael Clarke, Royal United Service Institute

From Michael Clarke, Royal United Service Institute:  Few dispute the assertion that NATO jets enabled Libyan rebels to come knocking on Qadhafi’s door in Tripoli. But as he  falls, it will be difficult to avoid the conclusion that NATO emerges from this successful operation weaker than it went into it. . . . The NATO-led […]

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NATOSource

Aug 24, 2011

Success in Libya reinforces value of NATO

By David Owen, the Telegraph

From David Owen, the Telegraph:  Paradoxically, it is Nato rather than the UN that emerges battered and divided from the intervention. Only eight of its 28 members – less than one third – agreed to engage their air forces and bomb Libya.

United Kingdom United States and Canada

NATOSource

Aug 24, 2011

Panetta praises NATO’s role in Libya

By Armed Forces Press Service

From Armed Forces Press Service:  Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta today called U.S. support for the NATO mission that’s helping opposition forces make progress against Moammar Gadhafi’s regime Libya an example of the international cooperation that will be critical in the future.

NATOSource

Aug 24, 2011

Libya’s impact on transatlantic security

By James Blitz, the Financial Times

From James Blitz, the Financial Times:  Above all, the US, having spearheaded the initial assault, took a back seat – catching Britain and France by surprise.

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NATOSource

Aug 24, 2011

Victory for US leadership

By Nicholas Burns, the Boston Globe

From Nicholas Burns, the Boston Globe:  NATO’s Libya venture took much longer to succeed than the administration expected.

United States and Canada