Guest Post: AU Failure in Libya? Maybe Not
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni (L) talk during the African Union (AU) Summit in Uganda's capital Kampala July 27, 2010. (Benedicte Desrus/Courtesy Reuters)
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Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni (L) talk during the African Union (AU) Summit in Uganda's capital Kampala July 27, 2010. (Benedicte Desrus/Courtesy Reuters)
Greek youths burn the European Union flag during a protest, in Athens (Yiorgos Karahalis/ Courtesy Reuters).
People use computers in an internet cafe in Shanghai. (Nir Elias/ Courtesy Reuters).
After the release of a report this week revealing significant gaps in cybersecurity among states, the private sector, and international institutions questions remain about what to do moving forward. My colleague, Ryan Kaminski, who holds a B.A. from the University of Chicago and a M.A. from Columbia University, offers his assessment.
A Libyan man attends the Friday prayer near a courthouse in Benghazi. (Esam Al-Fetori/ Courtesy Reuters).
After a mixed-bag of news coming from Libya this week, numerous questions have emerged regarding international interventions both in Libya and elsewhere. My colleague, Mark P. Lagon, adjunct senior fellow in human rights at the Council on Foreign Relations and international relations chair for Georgetown University’s Master of Science in Foreign Service program, offers his assessment.
Lawyers often say, “Hard cases make bad law.” Yet the hard case of Libya raises important questions and lessons on meaningful global governance today.
Syrians burn posters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad outside the Syrian embassy in Athens. (John Kolesidis/ Courtesy Reuters).
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