..., but merely abstaining in public. Then there’s the question of Libya—another example of the use of force by the West against a third world dictator of questionable moral fiber, if not sanity, whose use of violence to settle scores has only recently been challenged with any effectiveness. “Is the NATO...

... for those living with the virus, has become all the more challenging. Bureaucratic hurdles to receiving medicine in Egypt, vulnerable Syrian refugees arriving in countries like Lebanon and Jordan, a violent and fractured Libya, and loss of domestic and international funding, not to mention the limited...

... signs of this in Somalia, Lebanon, Yemen, Libya, Algeria, Sudan, and even corners of Egypt. The U.S., Russia, or Iran can send more troops and drones to Syria-Iraq, but this will not resolve the fundamental problem that shakes the Arab world and sends tremors of terrorism, refugees, and fear...

... might be their powerful supporters. Effectively, you seem to be advocating a political as well as an economic revolution. De Soto: I’ve got a project in Libya. I was called in by Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, who said the writing’s on the wall if we don’t do something about that informal economy that you...

... LOWEST RATES Libya 90 Taiwan 4.9 Paraguay 77.9 Algeria 6.2 Benin 74.9...

.... Last year’s NATO intervention in Libya provides an imperfect template. Broader international participation, better military coordination with anti-Gaddafi Libyans and a more robust United Nations resolution all would have helped. But Libya 2011 was everything Iraq 2003 was not. The revolt against...

..., markets, and scape abounds with examples: civil society. National governments are not simply losing autonomy in a globalizing •After more than a decade of international economy. They are sharing powerswith sanctions, Libya was finally forced...

... in Libya, marking the first time the United States and China had endorsed ICC action. This was seen as evidence that major powers once hostile to the court were softening their stances, a trend that began with the Security Council’s 2005 vote on crimes in Darfur, Sudan, when the United States and China...

... elite’s contempt Muslim. for this new provincial elite is eloquently ex­ Perhaps Erbakan’s best-known gaffes, pressed by Feroz Ahmad in The Making of during his 18 months in power, were his Modem Turkey. high-profile visits to Iran and Libya...

..., we can see a firsthand laboratory for how these two approaches have worked out. In Libya, the West plunged right in virtually from the get-go, taking out Gaddafi’s air defense system, then establishing and maintaining a no-fly zone, finally using a flock of cruise missiles to interdict heavy armor...

... at 3.5 billion euros, or $4.8 billion. Much of the debt that financial entities like ES Panama were hiding was from places most reputable banks would not openly operate, such as Libya, Venezuela, and Angola. Banco Espírito Santo held 40 percent of Libya’s Aman Bank—the country’s national financial...

... in this context was to should “retain the preeminent responsibility bracket Germany with Cuba and Libya for for addressing.. .those wrongs which threat­ refusing to support the use of force against en not only our interests, but those of our Iraq.1) allies or friends...

... experiences in Libya. Our Map Room zooms in on the hajj, tracing it through the holy city of Mecca. We then turn to three fault lines of religion—where conflicting passions and agendas have opened up gulfs between religion and government—the Jews of Venezuela, Christians of China, and the Orthodox of Islamic...

... and northern Mali and new representative governments in libya and Ivory Coast. The brilliant photojournalist Brent Stirton takes us on a tour of the horrors borne by water around the world. Robbie Corey-Boulet details the system of victor’s justice being administered in the Ivory Coast. In the Basque...

... political scientist, acclaimed for her work on the Arab world. She is the author of the classic The State and Social Transformation in Tunisia and Libya 1830-1980. Both essays were origi­ nally presented at a panel discussion on the question of democracy in the Arab world in the World Policy...

... Journal’s website, go to www.bit.ly/korengal, or scan this barcode with your mobile device. For our Portfolio, we turn to the work of the late, great Chris Hondros. This remarkable Getty photographer was killed in action in Libya in April alongside his close friend Tim Hetherington. World Policy...

...) in September on the official U.S. list of seven state spon­ 1997. Had Nonesuch financed the creation sors of terrorism, along with Iran, Iraq, of the master tape instead of merely distrib­ Libya, Syria, Sudan, and North Korea. uting the finished product, it would have (Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Saudi...

... though Italy is not the nearest safe port for rescued migrants (Malta and Tunisia are much closer), it is where they are all brought. Increasingly, asylum-seekers are picked up by Italy-funded Libyan Coast Guard boats on their way to Europe and shuttled back to Libya, where human traffickers entice them...

... of The State and Social Transformation in Tunisia and Libya, 1830-1980, and the editor of Transitions to Democracy. Her essay on the halting steps to political freedoms in the Arab world appears elsewhere in this issue. James Chace, Paul W. Williams Professor of Government and Public Law...

..., and authoritarian rule. His experiences—his successes and failures—are likely to provide their own critical lessons to Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia, states that have recently cast off authoritarian rulers. Their citizens, now grappling with long-suppressed, volatile questions of ethnic, religious, tribal, and national...