Libya After Qaddafi
Title | Libya After Qaddafi PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher S. Chivvis |
Publisher | Rand Corporation |
Pages | 117 |
Release | 2014-03-18 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0833084895 |
This report assesses the challenges facing Libya since the overthrow of the Qaddafi regime and evaluates the impact of the limited international role in efforts to overcome them. It also sketches possible future roles for the international community.
Understanding Libya Since Gaddafi
Title | Understanding Libya Since Gaddafi PDF eBook |
Author | Ulf Laessing |
Publisher | Hurst & Company |
Pages | 311 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | Arab Spring, 2010- |
ISBN | 1849048886 |
Why has Libya fallen apart since 2011? The world has largely given up trying to understand how the revolution that toppled Muammar Gaddafi has left the country a failed state and a major security headache for Europe. Gaddafi's police state has been replaced by yet another dictatorship, amidst a complex conflict of myriad armed groups, Islamists, tribes, towns and secularists. What happened? One of few foreign journalists to have lived in post-revolution Tripoli, Ulf Laessing has unique insight into the violent nature of post-Gaddafi politics. Confronting threats from media-hostile militias and jihadi kidnappings, in a world where diplomats retreat to their compounds and guns are drawn at government press conferences, Laessing has kept his ear to the ground and won the trust of many key players. Understanding Libya Since Gaddafi is an original blend of personal anecdote and nuanced Libyan history. It offers a much-needed diagnosis of why war has erupted over a desert nation of just 6 million, and of how the country blessed with Africa's greatest energy reserves has been reduced to state collapse.
Understanding Libya Since Gaddafi
Title | Understanding Libya Since Gaddafi PDF eBook |
Author | Ulf Laessing |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 297 |
Release | 2020-10-15 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1787384969 |
Why has Libya fallen apart since 2011? The world has largely given up trying to understand how the revolution that toppled Muammar Gaddafi has left the country a failed state and a major security headache for Europe. Gaddafi's police state has been replaced by yet another dictatorship, amidst a complex conflict of myriad armed groups, Islamists, tribes, towns and secularists. What happened? One of few foreign journalists to have lived in post-revolution Tripoli, Ulf Laessing has unique insight into the violent nature of post-Gaddafi politics. Confronting threats from media-hostile militias and jihadi kidnappings, in a world where diplomats retreat to their compounds and guns are drawn at government press conferences, Laessing has kept his ear to the ground and won the trust of many key players. Understanding Libya Since Gaddafi is an original blend of personal anecdote and nuanced Libyan history. It offers a much-needed diagnosis of why war has erupted over a desert nation of just 6 million, and of how the country blessed with Africa's greatest energy reserves has been reduced to state collapse.
Libya's Post-Qaddafi Transition
Title | Libya's Post-Qaddafi Transition PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher S. Chivvis |
Publisher | Rand Corporation |
Pages | 21 |
Release | 2012-10-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0833078410 |
A year after Qaddafi's death, the light-footprint approach adopted for Libya's postwar transition is facing its most serious test. Security, the political transition, and economic development all present challenges. The security situation requires immediate attention and could worsen still. Until the militias are brought under state control, progress on other fronts will be very difficult to achieve. In most cases, the appropriate approach is a combination of incentives and broad-based negotiation between Tripoli and militia leaders. Only in extreme cases should the use of force be considered. On the political front, Libya and international actors deserve credit for the successful elections in July, but the political challenges ahead are significant. Libya still needs to write a constitution, and in doing so, it must determine the degree to which power is centralized in Tripoli and how to ensure inclusive yet stable governing institutions. Libya also needs to begin rethinking the management of its economy, and especially of its energy resources, to maximize the benefit to its citizens, reduce corruption, and enable private enterprise to flourish in other areas, such as tourism. Libya also needs sustained assistance, mainly technical in nature, from the countries that helped oust Qaddafi lest the transition run off the rails. Despite its role in helping topple Qaddafi, NATO is absent from Libya today. A greater role for the alliance is worth exploring, for example training Libyan security officials and forces and providing technical assistance for security-sector reform. An international Friends of Libya conference on assistance to Libya is warranted. Post-conflict transitions normally span years, and Libya's will be no different. Nevertheless, if current challenges are handled adroitly, Libya could still emerge as a positive force for democratic stability in North Africa and a valuable partner against al-Qaeda.
Toppling Qaddafi
Title | Toppling Qaddafi PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher S. Chivvis |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 269 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1107041473 |
A highly readable look at the role of the US and NATO in Libya's war of liberation, and its lessons for future military interventions.
Libya
Title | Libya PDF eBook |
Author | Alison Pargeter |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 299 |
Release | 2012-07-31 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0300139322 |
Offers an in-depth analysis of Muammar Qaddafi's complete reign in Libya, from his bloodless coup in 1969 to his institution of policies that mirrored his personal vision to his downfall during the 2011 revolt.
Qaddafi and the Libyan Revolution
Title | Qaddafi and the Libyan Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | David Blundy |
Publisher | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Pages | 254 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
Politieke biografie van de Libische leider (geb. ca. 1942)