Recent events "Cases in which it is allowable to go to war": Libya and the future of liberal interventionism"Cases in which it is allowable to go to war": Libya and the future of liberal interventionism
8 November 2011
Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, former Dutch Defence Minister Joris Voorhoeve, Professor Chris Brown from the London School of Economics, and author and journalist John Kampfner gave their thoughts on liberal interventionism in the immediate aftermath of Libya. What lessons have been learnt from the Libyan intervention? What are the medium to long term implications? And how far has public confidence in multilateral military action been restored?
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