| ID | 090180 |
| Title Proper | Law and order |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Inkster, Nigel ; Whalley, Robert |
| Publication | 2009. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The reluctance of European countries to assist the US government with the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility by accepting some of the remaining 240 inmates risks being seen in the United States either as an exercise in European Schadenfreude (the Americans created this mess and it now behoves them to fix it); or as another classic example of European readiness to shelter beneath a US security umbrella without themselves being willing to do any of the dirty work needed to ensure their own safety. But the reality is that for all EU states, a decision to accept Guantanamo detainees means confronting a complex array of operational, legal and political issues which collectively will prove hard to resolve. |
| `In' analytical Note | Survival : the IISS Quarterly Vol. 51, No. 3; Jun-Jul 2009: p55-60 |
| Key Words | Guantanamo ; Europe ; War On Terror |