The Northern Illinois University community is following developments in the Libyan Civil War and the revolutionary conflicts in the Arab World.

NIU student journalist Eric Nofsinger recently asked several professors, including me, to comment on the Libyan Civil War for an article in the NIU student newspaper, the Northern Star.  I contributed a historical perspective on civil warfare to the article, while other NIU professors offered political and philosophical commentaries on the conflict.

The article appeared in yesterday’s Northern Star.