The prevention of nuclear proliferation has become a high priority for the international community. The paper analyses the rationale for - and against - this high priority, viewing it as a means to the end of preventing nuclear war rather than as an end in itself. It then proceeds to analyse the...

The interventions in the internal conflicts of Libya and Cote d'Ivoire, by NATO and France, may be indications that the resolve of the African Union (AU) to embark upon more proactive engagement with peace efforts, within the continent, has its shortcomings. In several instances since the AU...

This short country report, a result of larger Information for Development Program (infoDev) - supported survey of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in education in Africa, provides a general overview of current activities and issues related to ICT use in education in the...

This Insight highlights the relationships, dynamics, and cooperation that led to the African Human Rights Court's Order against Libya in the case African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights v. Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. In particular, it emphasizes the complex...

The uprising and military confrontation in Libya that began in February 2011 has led to disruptions of gas supplies to Europe. An analysis of how Europe has compensated for these missing gas volumes shows that this situation has not affected security of supply. However, this situation would...