The Arab Spring is bringing unexpected consequences to the EU. The increasing influx of migrants from Tunisia and Libya has created a dispute between Italy, the country through which most migrants enter the EU, and France, the country where most of them want to go due to their knowledge of the language and the many Tunisians already living in it. Read the rest of this entry »

It is rather curious to see how some countries attract the attention of the world, sometimes in a positive way, some times in a negative way. One could say that what happens in them, specially what happens to the lives of the civilians in those countries is left to the whim of a few powerful nations which can decide to help or not in case of revolts that many times become horrific. Such is the case of two African nations: Libya and Côte d’Ivoire. Read the rest of this entry »

Does anyone know what is going on in Libya? It seems as if all we are getting is disinformation from all sides. When one sees the confusion and the chaos not only in Libya but also among the reports of the coalition it is hard to believe anything. Finally at least it is become clear that nevertheless what we were told at the beginning of this fiasco, regime change is in order. Read the rest of this entry »

Following another night of allied air strikes against Gaddafi’s forces, the rebels seem to have retaken the town of Ajdabiya and in their enthusiasm they are ready to begin a march towards Tripoli. Read the rest of this entry »

While the US president is running into trouble in his own country for not having consulted Congress before getting involved in the military campaign over Libya and his lack of explanations to the American people about what that military intervention implies, the British Prime Minister David Cameron has made a direct appeal to Parliament and outlined the reasons why Britain intervened in Libya and why he is putting the British army in harm’s way. Read the rest of this entry »

And now what? Yesterday the UN Security Council authorised a no-fly zone over Libya and “all necessary measure” to prevent the Gaddafi regime from striking the rebels and whatever civilians are on the way. Of all the countries that voted, Britain and France were the ones with a more aggressive attitude. Britain announced that it would send fighter jets and France was planning to deploy planes. The US had yet to announce what is role would be. Read the rest of this entry »

Why everyday we hear a different approach about the no-fly zone over Libya from the U.S. government? We went from wanting to establish one to yesterday’s state department lack of support to today’s volte-face. Read the rest of this entry »