Crs Report for Congress - No-Fly Zones: Strategic, Operational, and Legal Considerations for Congress: March 18, 2011 - R41701 (Paperback)

The ongoing uprising in Libya against the government of Muammar al Qadhafi has been the subject of ongoing domestic and international debate about potential international military intervention, including the proposed establishment of a no-fly zone over Libya. Congress may wish to consider issues surrounding the strategy, international authorization, congressional authorization, operations, and costs of establishing and maintaining no-fly zones. The military strategy designed to support the grand strategy, it has been suggested, might be based on these considerations: the operational-level military objectives that need to be achieved, to support the overall grand strategy; and the extent to which a no-fly zone--as one set of ways and means--helps achieve those objectives. Practitioners and observers have debated what constitutes international "authorization" for the establishment of a no-fly zone. Given the paucity of relevant precedents, and the dissimilarities among them, there may not exist a single, clear, agreed model. The concept of authorization is typically considered to be linked to the ideas of both "legality" and "legitimacy"--the three concepts overlap but are all distinct. The precise meaning of each of the terms is still debated. Express authorization from the U.N. Security Council provides the clearest legal basis for imposing a no-fly zone. In ...

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Imprint:	Bibliogov
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2013
First published:	October 2013
Authors:	Jeremiah Gertler • Christopher M. Blanchard
Creators:	et al
Dimensions:	246 x 189 x 1mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	26
ISBN-13:	978-1-289-86090-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General
LSN:	1-289-86090-4
Barcode:	9781289860905

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