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Tag Archives: Muammar al-Gaddafi
Gadhafi’s End: Libya’s Beginning?
By Monica Duffy Toft It has been a long time since bitter enemies were able to imagine each other as truly human; as the servants of narrow or other interests rather than as pathologically homicidal “wolves,” unworthy of quarter. But … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis Tagged Coalition Provisional Authority, Iraq, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein 1 Comment
Gadhafi’s death: A message to Arab youth, and old dictators
By Ashraf Hegazy Executive Director, Dubai Initiative, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs The death of Muammar Gadhafi, as well as that of his son and his closest advisor, in addition to the fall of Sirte, allows the Transitional … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis Tagged Ali Abdullah Saleh, Belfer Center, Dubai Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School, Iraq, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Yemen Leave a comment
Libya: A victory for NATO, too
By Nicholas Burns The death of Muammar Qadhafi is the decisive event in the nine-month civil war in Libya. In the minds of most Libyans, the war could not end without his departure from the country or death on the … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis Tagged Arab League, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, NATO, Nicholas Burns, Qadhafi Leave a comment
Libya: A case study on “leading from behind”
By Juliette Kayyem (This post first appeared on Fareed Zakaria’s blog on CNN.com, Global Public Square.) With the death of Muammar Gadhafi today in Libya, the conventional wisdom has already taken form. First, that this was a success, albeit a delayed one, … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis Tagged Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School, Juliette N. Kayyem, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, NATO Leave a comment