Vladimir Bartenev

Mr. Bartenev will examine the nature, the scope and the different dimensions of the Libyan threat in the last decade of the Cold War era, focusing on the methods the most threatened powers implemented to contain it. Mr. Bartenev will examine the nature, the scope and the different dimensions of the Libyan threat in the last decade of the Cold War era, focusing on the methods the most threatened powers implemented to contain it. The Libyan problem refers to an American-invented notion of the threat posed by expansionist, subversive and terrorism-supportive policies that characterized Libya since Qaddafi s ascension to power. Mr. Bartenev will investigate how Ronald Reagan s election and hard-line course towards Libya, along with Libya s invasion of Chad and a dramatic increase in Libyan-sponsored terrorist activities, brought this problem to the international forefront. He will study American, French, Soviet and Israeli perceptions of Libya as well as their Libya-related interactions. Mr. Bartenev contends that in-depth analysis of these issues is extremely relevant to the recent reengagement of Libya into the world community and the urgent need for elaborating effective coercion strategies towards terrorism-supporting, WMD-seeking and otherwise aggressive regimes such as Iran and North Korea.