http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/libya Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:53:53 -0400 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:53:53 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1642/libya-2011-exploring-the-implementation-of-the-responsibility-to-protect By Andrew R. Aubuchon - This article explores the role that the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) played in the 2011 intervention in Libya. It examines the R2P legal framework in coordination with events on the ground in Libya during the early part of 2011 in order to thoroughly explain that R2P was correctly invoked by the United Nations Security Council in order to uphold international law. The article argues that this mandate allowed for the lawful intervention by NATO thereafter. However, the R2P was not fully carried out. The law clearly mandates actions that must be taken upon the conclusion of fighting carried out... Thu, 11 May 2017 10:26 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1642/libya-2011-exploring-the-implementation-of-the-responsibility-to-protect http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1201/barack-benghazi-and-bungles-tracing-the-obama-administrations-handling-of-the-benghazi-attacks By Paul Baumgardner - The anti-Muslim video, entitled Innocence of Muslims, had incensed multitudes worldwide, but was met with a particularly virulent response in the Middle East. Even a cursory review of recent Libyan history makes the administration's initial stance on Benghazi appear reasonable. In the years leading up to the Benghazi attacks, perceived slights against Islam had spurred several instances of violence in Libya: "a 2006 assault by local Islamists that had destroyed an Italian diplomatic mission in Benghazi over a perceived insult to the prophet… In June, the group [Ansar al-Sharia] staged a... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1201/barack-benghazi-and-bungles-tracing-the-obama-administrations-handling-of-the-benghazi-attacks http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1211/should-the-responsibility-to-protect-be-enshrined-in-international-law By Amanda Lo - The structure of the paper is as follows. First, I will discuss the historical background that gave rise to the concept of the “responsibility to protect” in order to understand its purpose and definition. Next, I will address the inherent tensions found within the responsibility to protect, and will focus on the tensions between the moral responsibility versus legal responsibility of states when they are faced with the “responsibility to protect.” Through the case of Libya, I argue that humanitarian concerns do not override the importance of the principle of state sovereignty... Thu, 01 Nov 2012 06:41 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1211/should-the-responsibility-to-protect-be-enshrined-in-international-law http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1062/who-drove-the-libyan-uprising By Alex Serafimov - During the armed conflict to topple Muammar Gaddafi in Libya, a common question for observers was “who are the Libyan opposition?” Indeed, for one scholar this was the ‘billion dollar question’,1 and, in the United States, it was a common concern.2 Conspicuously absent from most media discourse, and rarely discussed in narratives of the conflict, is who the armed militants and Libya’s new leadership are. Technocratic, neoliberal, exile and Islamist elements mingle under the moniker of “anti-Gaddafi forces” and the National Transitional Council (NTC), which... Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:00 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1062/who-drove-the-libyan-uprising