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" The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) and United States intervention in the Libyan civil war (2011) "
Paul E. Tang Abomo
Schraeder, Peter
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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804421
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TL49252
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1876551893; 10195395
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Hossainzadeh, Nura Alia
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The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) and United States intervention in the Libyan civil war (2011)\ Paul E. Tang AbomoSchraeder, Peter
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Loyola University Chicago
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2016
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Ph.D.
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Political Science
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2016
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375
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Committee members: Grigorescu, Alexandru; Mahler, Vincent
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-369-57392-3
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On April 6, 1994, Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana's plane was shot down. Soon after, there were reports that massive ethnic-based violence was unfolding, and the only way to stop it was the presence of an outside military force. The Clinton administration knew Rwanda was being engulfed by genocide but ignored the information to justify its inaction. Seventeen years later, on 15 February 2011, the arrest of Mr. Fathi Terbil, a well-known lawyer and human rights defender by the Libyan internal security forces (Jihaz al-Amn al-Dakhili) sparked a mass protest in Benghazi, Libya. When demonstrations began the Gaddafi government responded with systematic attacks by air and ground forces against peaceful protesters. In a speech, Gaddafi promised to chase down the protesters and cleanse the country 'house by house.' The U.S. intervened in a NATO-led military intervention to prevent government forces loyal to Gaddafi from committing large-scale killings against their own people. In a dramatic change from U.S. foreign policy in 1994, the U.S.-led NATO coalition orchestrated the overthrow of the Gaddafi regime. What does explain this change in foreign policy behavior, from inaction to military intervention? Why did the U.S. intervene in Libya?
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Political science
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Social sciences;Libyan civil war;Responsibility to protect
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Schraeder, Peter
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Political ScienceLoyola University Chicago
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