US Intervention in Libya Should Prod Global South to Distrust NATO: Expert
16:36 19.03.2026 (Updated: 16:51 19.03.2026)
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Global South nations “should be worried” about Libya’s bitter experience and “wary of any UNSC-mandated resolutions,” Malaysian political analyst Azmi Hassan tells Sputnik.
On March 19, 2011, NATO unleashed a military intervention in Libya under the pretext of a humanitarian mission.
Hassan singles out a raft of Global South countries have seen or could see a repeat of the Libya scenario:
Oil-rich Venezuela, where an ouster of the government took place
Iran “could be next in line”
Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan, where NATO’s only interest was the “natural resources of these particular three nations” rather than “democracy promotion” there
The Global South should create alternative blocs to defend themselves against possible Western intervention, and “BRICS may be a good platform to find an alternative, in terms of financial and geopolitical alliances,” Hassan concludes.
On March 19, 2011, NATO unleashed a military intervention in Libya under the pretext of a humanitarian mission.
Hassan singles out a raft of Global South countries have seen or could see a repeat of the Libya scenario:
Oil-rich Venezuela, where an ouster of the government took place
Iran “could be next in line”
Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan, where NATO’s only interest was the “natural resources of these particular three nations” rather than “democracy promotion” there
The Global South should create alternative blocs to defend themselves against possible Western intervention, and “BRICS may be a good platform to find an alternative, in terms of financial and geopolitical alliances,” Hassan concludes.
