Libya 2011  Reassessing the International Intervention Source
Channel: War Studies KCL
Date: 2020-12-07

Ian Martin reassesses the international intervention in Libya in 2011. Key questions he explores are: Was the intervention justified? Did the intervening countries abuse the mandate to protect civilians by seeking regime change? Could there have been a meditated political transition? Was there a failure of realistic post-conflict planning?

Speakers include:
Ian Martin - former  Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Libya and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) 2011-12. 

Professor Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer -  Professor of Political Science at the University of Oslo and a Board Member of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI).

Dr Matthew Preston - Deputy Head of Research Analysts in the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. He is also an analyst in the Multilateral Research Group. 

Mats Berdal -  Professor of Security and Development in the Department of War Studies, King’s College London, where he is also the Programme Director for the MA in Conflict, Security and Development and Director of the Conflict, Security and Development Research Programme (CSDRG).