ABSTRACT
The study investigated the link between North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the Politics
of Humanitarian Intervention in Libya. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) as a
geopolitical region controls a large share of the world’s crude oil deposit, which guzzles easy
money into the hands of its leaders. This enables the leaders to constantly have strong grip on
state power by either buying off or silencing opposition and dissent voices. The study
explains how economic interest of the NATO alliance led to humanitarian intervention in
Libya. It also analyzed how the need for democratization led to the intervention of NATO
allied forces in Libya. The power theory was used as our framework of analyzing the
championing of the NATO allied forces interventionist mission in Libya that saw to the
ousting of Muammar Gaddafi under the aegis of hegemonic stability, through which they
(United States) were able to generate support against Gaddafi for contravening United
Nations Resolutions and the humanitarian emergencies that the civil war in the country
generated. Data for the study was gathered through observation of the secondary sources like
books, journals, Internet, official documents et cetera. Our method of data analysis which
involved giving a qualitative description to quantitative information brings simplicity and
coherence to our work and this was supported by the adoption of one-shot case study as our
research design for controlling the variables under study. The study suggests that the United
Nations except in proven cases of genocide should avoid the employment of force in the
settlement of intrastate dispute. This will encourage parties to the dispute to employ
diplomacy and dialogue rather than violence with the hope of attracting humanitarian
intervention of powerful states. Our conclusion was also anchored on the findings of the
study.
, L & AVON, N (2021). Nato And The Politics Of Humanitarian Intervention In Libya. Afribary. Retrieved from https://tracking.afribary.com/works/nato-and-the-politics-of-humanitarian-intervention-in-libya
, LANSHIMA and NANCY AVON "Nato And The Politics Of Humanitarian Intervention In Libya" Afribary. Afribary, 05 May. 2021, https://tracking.afribary.com/works/nato-and-the-politics-of-humanitarian-intervention-in-libya. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
, LANSHIMA, NANCY AVON . "Nato And The Politics Of Humanitarian Intervention In Libya". Afribary, Afribary, 05 May. 2021. Web. 22 Nov. 2024. < https://tracking.afribary.com/works/nato-and-the-politics-of-humanitarian-intervention-in-libya >.
, LANSHIMA and AVON, NANCY . "Nato And The Politics Of Humanitarian Intervention In Libya" Afribary (2021). Accessed November 22, 2024. https://tracking.afribary.com/works/nato-and-the-politics-of-humanitarian-intervention-in-libya