Western Europe

Britain sending military team to help Libyan rebels

By William Hague, British Foreign Office

From William Hague, British Foreign Office:  The National Security Council has decided that we will now move quickly to expand the team already in Benghazi led by Christopher Prentice to include an additional military liaison advisory team. This contingent will be drawn from experienced British military officers.  These additional personnel will enable the UK to […]

“U.S. officials concede that some of their assumptions . . . may have been faulty”

By David Cloud and Ned Parker, the Los Angeles Times

From David Cloud and Ned Parker, the Los Angeles Times:  The failure of the international air campaign to force Kadafi’s ouster, or even to stop his military from shelling civilians and recapturing rebel-held towns, poses a growing quandary

A Core Question of German Foreign Policy

By Ullrich Fichtner, Spiegel

From Ullrich Fichtner, Spiegel:  The German abstention on the evening of March 17 was a mistake in the eyes of many UN observers and diplomats.

The Libya stalemate

By the Editors of the Washington Post

From the Editors of the Washington Post:  The contradictions at the heart of U.S. policy in Libya are becoming more acute.

Blame Westerwelle?

By Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger, the International Herald Tribune

From Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger, the International Herald Tribune:  When Germany abstained from the U.N. Security Council vote on Libya last month, quite a few eyebrows were raised

Libya crisis reveals divisions on EU defense policy

By Judy Dempsey, the International Herald Tribune

NATO runs short on some munitions in Libya

By Karen DeYoung and Greg Jaffe, the Washington Post

From Karen DeYoung and Greg Jaffe, the Washington Post:  Less than a month into the Libyan conflict, NATO is running short of precision bombs

Hooray! The Yanks are going home

By Philip Stephens, the Financial Times

From Philip Stephens, the Financial Times:  Several themes run through every such discussion: one says that Europe’s backyard is becoming a less predictable and more perilous place

NATO Back in the Saddle

By James Joyner, the New Atlanticist

From James Joyner, the New Atlanticist:  In truth, however, the political value in a NATO operation is that the alliance’s name is a stand-in for the developed world

Stop the Blame Game

By the Editors of the New York Times

From the Editors of the New York Times:  After more than two weeks under attack by NATO forces, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi is still slaughtering his people and showing no sign that he plans to give up.