The French Leadership towards the interventino in Libya
Author
Fischer, Isabelle
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2011
Submitted on
2011-09-28
Pages
84
Abstract
Den 19. marts 2011 vedtog FN's Sikkerhedsråd resolution 1973, som gav det internationale samfund mandat til at beskytte civile i Libyen. Frankrig, sammen med Storbritannien, drev initiativet for konkrete tiltag mod Gaddafi-regimet, som havde krænket menneskerettighederne efter protester, der begyndte 16. februar 2011 i Benghazi. Denne afhandling undersøger fransk politik i perioden fra protesternes start til vedtagelsen af resolutionen og analyserer de skridt, der førte mod militær intervention. Den ser på de begrundelser, franske ledere brugte over for det internationale samfund, især sikkerhedsargumenter, der rammesatte situationen som et akut sikkerhedsanliggende. Som analytisk ramme anvendes Københavnerskolen i sikkerhedsstudier, herunder begrebet securitization (sikkerhedsgørelse), hvor politiske aktører præsenterer et problem som en sikkerhedstrussel for at retfærdiggøre ekstraordinære tiltag. Formålet er at belyse beslutningsprocessen og rollen for de aktører, der definerer og godkender sikkerhedsspørgsmål.
On March 19, 2011, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1973, authorizing international action to protect civilians in Libya. France, working with the United Kingdom, led calls for concrete measures against the Gaddafi regime, which violated human rights after protests began on February 16, 2011 in Benghazi. This thesis examines French policy from the start of the protests to the approval of the resolution and analyzes the steps that led toward military intervention. It explores the reasons French leaders presented to press the international community, focusing on security arguments that framed the situation as an urgent security issue. The study uses the Copenhagen School of security studies as its analytical framework, including the idea of securitization—how political actors present an issue as a security threat to justify exceptional measures. The aim is to clarify the decision-making process and the role of actors who define and authorize security issues.
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