Western intervention in Libya has been publicly justified by a pledge to protect citizens. Suggestions to arm Libyan rebels appear to go beyond this call of duty, undermining western forces’ claims to impartiality, and providing another example of the hypocrisy prevalent in the debate surrounding
In a continued search for relevance in the post-Cold War world, the armed forces of NATO have adopted a burgeoning humanitarian and development agenda. But military and civilian intervention in conflict zones cannot and should not be amalgamated, argues Gloria Martinez.
In 2003 the bodies of 32 Spanish deceased soldiers who died on their return from Afghanistan were handed to the wrong families. Six years on, the search for responsibility continues, or does it?
