On March 19, two days after the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 passed, the French Air Force and the British Royal Navy began attacking Libyan ground forces. Resolution 1973 authorized the use of force in protecting civilians in Libya from attack by the Libyan government. Although the United States was initially reticent to get involved, United Nations approval has led the United States to dedicate 24 ships to enforcing the no-fly zone. In addition to dispatching more planes than [...]

On Monday Georgetown’s Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (CERES) and the Moscow State Institute for International Affairs (MGIMO) co-hosted a series of panels called Russia-Europe-United States: Changing Global and Regional Environment. One panel focused directly on the connection between energy and economic security. Thane Gustafson, a professor of government here at Georgetown, described the “irony of the search for energy security.” Even a country that is well-prepared for emergency response to natural disasters, such as Japan, can [...]