| ID | 105229 |
| Title Proper | Diplomacy and Libya |
| Other Title Information | balancing foreign policy with private party litigation |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Didier, Kurt A |
| Publication | 2011. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The international community's March 2011 military intervention in Libya contrasts sharply to its reluctance during the preceding forty years to halt the Qadhafi regime's sponsorship of transnational terrorism and pursuit of WMD. American diplomacy, eventually supported by international sanctions, was a four decade effort to end Qadhafi's violent foreign policy. This commentary discusses how diplomacy and the American judicial process combined to achieve this successful outcome. Diplomatic and legislative efforts to compel Libya's payment to terrorism victims helped create judicial remedies enforceable in US Courts and ultimately, a bilateral claims settlement agreement that, while disappointing to the terrorism litigants, normalized relations between the Libya and the United States. |
| `In' analytical Note | Diplomacy and Statecraft Vol. 22, No. 2; Jun 2011: p.338-349 |
| Journal Source | Diplomacy and Statecraft Vol. 22, No. 2; Jun 2011: p.338-349 |
| Key Words | Diplomacy ; Libya ; Foreign Policy ; Private Party Litigation ; International Community ; Military Intervention ; Qadhafi ; WMD ; Transnational Terrorism ; United States |