Niemcy wobec kryzysu libijskiego w 2011 roku.
Germany’s stance on the Libyan crisis of 2011
An enfant terrible of the Western world?
Author(s): Michał M. KosmanSubject(s): International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Instytut Zachodni im. Zygmunta Wojciechowskiego
Keywords: Germany; Libya; Arab Spring; the UN Security Council; Resolution 1970 and 1973; Responisibility to Protect; Muammar Gaddafi; NATO; Odyssey Dawn; Unified Protector; Guido Westerwelle; Angela Merkel
Summary/Abstract: The article presents the events related to the process of changes in North Africa. They were dubbed Arab Spring at the beginning of the second decade of the twenty-first century. In Libya they took a dramatic turn at the end of the rule of Muammar Gaddafi. In response, a group of Western countries launched a military intervention in accordance with the “Responsibility to Protect” due to massive human rights violations by government troops and threats of the Libyan leader. The Western intervention received the mandate of the UN Security Council, but Germany abstained from voting, which was a big surprise for Western partners. Germany was then a non-permanent member of the Council. The aim of the article is to discuss the above circumstances, and to analyze the reasons of the German position in the UN Security Council.
Journal: Przegląd Zachodni
- Issue Year: 363/2017
- Issue No: 02
- Page Range: 135-152
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English, Polish