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In 2008 Carter F. Ham was named the Commanding General, U.S. Army, Europe, one of the main American military commands. In this exclusive interview with Isabelle Lasserre, he comments on more than a half century of transatlantic relations. With the U.S. perhaps tempted to reduce its presence on the Old Continent & focus more on the Asia-Pacific, General Ham is clearly worried. In Europe, American GIs can be trained to operate in different contexts, & become familiar with other cultures. This experience enables them to be better prepared for deployment on missions around the world. From this standpoint, General Ham indirectly criticizes the conduct of the war in Iraq, but is also pleased with the modest progress made in Afghanistan. Adapted from the source document.

This book argues that the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) the Libyan people played an important role in the U.S.'s decision to act, both in terms of how the language of deliberation was framed and the implementation of the actual intervention once all preventive means had been exhausted. While the initial ethos of the intervention followed international norms, the author argues that as the conflict continued to unfold, the Obama administration's loss of focus and lack of political will for post-conflict resolution, as well as a wider lack of understanding of ever changing politics on the ground, resulted in Libya's precipitation into chaos. By examining the cases of Rwanda and Darfur alongside the interventions in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan, the book discusses how these cases influenced current decision-making with regards to foreign interventions and offers a triangular framework through which to understand R2P: responsibility to prevent, react and rebuild. Paul Tang Abomo is a Jesuit Professor of Political Science at Hekima Institute of Peace Studies and International Relations, Kenya.