Cruising into the Ghibli: Force Requirements for EU Humanitarian Intervention in Libya

• In Event: Violent Extremism, Population Movement, and International Security

Brief Overview

Analyzes the capability of the European Union’s military forces to independently intervene in a refugee crisis in Libya by establishing safe havens ashore. Finds that EU military capabilities would be stretched even under permissive conditions.

Author

• Julian Tod Rippy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology