Category: Blogs

Learning Lessons from the Splendid Little War in Libya

By Jeff Lightfoot, the New Atlanticist

From Jeff Lightfoot, the New Atlanticist:  [T]he United States and its allies also made three grave mistakes in Libya that should be avoided in any future military operations. They were largely the product of insufficient political will, particularly in the United States, based on the fact that the intervention was not in pursuit of an […]

Well Done, NATO!

By Julian Lindley-French, the New Atlanticist

From Julian Lindley-French, the New Atlanticist:  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.

Libya’s WMD Stockpiles Are Secure: Pentagon

By AFP

From AFP:  The Pentagon said Aug. 24 that Libya’s stockpile of chemical weapons are "secure" but that an arsenal of thousands of shoulder-launched missiles remained cause for concern.

Europeans Retreat on Defense Spending

By Stephen Fidler and Alistair MacDonald, the Wall Street Journal

From Stephen Fidler and Alistair MacDonald, the Wall Street Journal:  Europe’s strapped militaries are looking for ways to cooperate with one another to compensate for cutbacks. But past efforts on that front have run into difficulties.

Could NATO’s Libya mission be its last hurrah?

By Robert Marquand, the Christian Science Monitor

From Robert Marquand, the Christian Science Monitor:  Despite Qaddafi’s prediction that Western leaders would fall “like Hitler and Mussolini” and his claims that he was "ready for a long war,” NATO weathered six months of a see-saw battle in Libya

Kohl slams Germany’s ‘unreliable’ foreign policy

By the Local (Germany)

UN or NATO peacekeepers in Libya?

By Max Boot, the Los Angeles Times

Update: NATO activities in Libya on August 23

By NATO

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.