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Hong Kong tension rises | Libya security meltdown

Posted by: The Conversation Global

Date: Monday, 19 August 2019

 

Editor's note

A Chinese paramilitary build up across the bridge in Shenzhen has raised alarm bells around the world. What is Beijing going to do now? Security researcher Adam Ni at Macquarie University predicts that things are going to come to a head very soon.

It’s been more than eight years since the NATO-led military intervention in Libya. But the country is no closer to peace, and migrants detained in reception centres near the capital Tripoli are being killed in airstrikes. For Michael Neu and Robin Dunford, the situation in Libya is a strong argument against military humanitarian intervention by the international community.

Gemma Ware

Global Affairs Editor

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