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NATO: Power and Principles in the Contemporary Era
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- November 1, 2011
On Oct. 27, the United Nations Security Council voted to end international military operations in Libya as of November 1. For NATO, the completion of its mission in Libya represents a rare clear-cut victory. As Michael Clarke, director of the Royal United Services Institute, a London-based think tank, argued, NATO officials “can say unambiguously this
READ MORELa réussite de l’OTAN en Libye
- October 31, 2011
Cet article a originalement paru en anglais dans le blogue du Conseil International du Canada : opencanada.org. L’opération de l’Organisation du Traité de l’Atlantique Nord (OTAN) en Libye prend officiellement fin à minuit aujourd’hui. En fin de compte, ses aéronefs ont effectué quasiment 10 000 missions de frappe échelonnées sur sept mois. Lorsque la mission a débuté,
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NATO’s Success in Libya
- Analysis
- October 31, 2011
This post first appeared on the CIC’s Roundtable blog at opencanada.org. NATO’s operation in Libya formally ends at midnight today. All told, its aircraft conducted almost 10,000 strike missions over 7 months. When the mission began, many commentators warned that the intervention would result in a quagmire that might draw western forces into another endless,
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Run Towards War with Iran
- Analysis
- October 30, 2011
In the wake of the alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington, the predictable chorus of right-wingers has come forward to promote one of their favourite causes: the idea of an attack on Iran. Not surprisingly, the idea of an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities features highly in all of this. Many of those who
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