Sunday, March 27, 2011

FYI

For anyone interested in reading about the organizational politics of NATO's intervention into Libya, Steve Saideman's your guy. See, e.g., this post on who has influence in NATO decision-making, which concludes:

Handy tip--keep track of the number of sorties (each individual plane flying a mission related to the campaign--bombers, fighters, early warning, coordinators, refuelers). As long as the number is near or over 100, the concept of the Americans turning the mission over to the Europeans is much more symbolic than not.

3 comments:

  1. Nearly the latest: http://saideman.blogspot.com/2011/03/nuance-and-expertise-on-libya.html

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  2. I can't help myself: http://saideman.blogspot.com/2011/03/not-one-hit-wonder.html

    If only the book was already out....

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