Title: Mayhem in the Mediterranean: three strategic lessons for Europe. Egmont Security Policy Brief No. 19, April 2011
Abstract: The crisis in Libya is a textbook example of a situation in which Europe, through the European Union, should have taken the lead and proved that it is an actor worth noting. Security Council Resolution 1973 authorizing the use of force, the most difficult precondition for intervention to
fulfil; regional support in the form of an unprecedented request for intervention from the Arab League; absolute clarity in the US that it will not take the lead. What
more boxes needed to be ticked before the EU could step onto the breach and take charge of crisis management?
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-04-01
Language: en
Type: article
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