This Article reflects on the ongoing synergies between international law, race, and empire, as they are articulated in the regulation of mercenarism. It does so by examining the role of the racialized and gendered narratives about “African mercenaries” in the context of the UN Security Council authorization of the 2011 NATO intervention in Libya.
December 13, 2020
Deploying Race, Employing Force: ‘African Mercenaries’ and the 2011 NATO Intervention in Libya
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