Political Rationale and International Consequences of the War in Libya
Dag Henriksen and Ann Karin Larssen
Abstract
This book focuses on the international intervention in Libya in 2011. (1) What was the political rationale for the various actors to proceed as they did in the lead-up and conduct of the military intervention in Libya? (2) What are the consequences of the United Nations (UN)-authorized military intervention in Libya? Responsibility to Protect (R2P) was an important legitimizing factor of the intervention but not an adequate precondition. While the humanitarian situation triggered the intervention, in reality a variety of national interests governed the approach by the various international act ... More
This book focuses on the international intervention in Libya in 2011. (1) What was the political rationale for the various actors to proceed as they did in the lead-up and conduct of the military intervention in Libya? (2) What are the consequences of the United Nations (UN)-authorized military intervention in Libya? Responsibility to Protect (R2P) was an important legitimizing factor of the intervention but not an adequate precondition. While the humanitarian situation triggered the intervention, in reality a variety of national interests governed the approach by the various international actors, and these motives were often not rooted in the particular circumstances in Libya. The book offers a combination of unique perspectives. The perspectives of the US, France, and the UK on the Libyan crisis/war have been well documented, the Arabic and Scandinavian political and military dynamics have been much less so. The roles of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) the UN, and R2P have been debated, but the Arab League and African Union (AU) have been less in focus. This book can be read as a whole, or individual chapters can increase understanding of the political and strategic outlook of individual nations and organizations.
Keywords:
Libya,
NATO,
Operation Unified Protector (OUP),
Arab Spring,
intervention,
R2P,
war of choice,
Security Council
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2016 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780198767480 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: June 2016 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198767480.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Dag Henriksen, editor
Professor of Modern History/Military Studies and Head of the Airpower Department, The Royal Norwegian Air Force Academy
Ann Karin Larssen, editor
Assistant Professor, The Royal Norwegian Air Force Academy
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