So, now that the Libya non-war is apparently in a wind down phase, Kevin Rudd has offered his take on what has really happened in Libya. When the UN resolution was passed in March, the main protagonists in the West fell over themselves to state that this was not about picking sides or about removing [...]

The intervention in Libya is descending into a political and strategic twilight zone. This was inevitable given poor decision making at the start of the intervention, and the over-reaction of a Wilsonian president keen to be seen to be in control of the broader political evolution across the Middle East. First off, it is undeniably true [...]