Accession Number:

ADA566194

Title:

State-Building Challenges in a Post-Revolution Libya

Descriptive Note:

Monograph

Corporate Author:

ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA

Personal Author(s):

• El-Katiri, Mohammed

Report Date:

2012-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

69.0

Abstract:

Libyas National Transitional Council NTC inherited a difficult and volatile domestic situation following the overthrow of Muammar Qadhafi. The new leadership faces serious and simultaneous challenges in all areas of statehood. Libyas key geostrategic position, and its role in hydrocarbon production and exportation, means that the course of internal developments there is crucial not only to the Libyan people, but also to neighboring countries both in North Africa and across the Mediterranean in southern Europe. The mitigation or prevention of conditions that could lead to Libya becoming a failing or failed state is of vital importance. In this monograph, United Kingdom-based academic Dr. Mohammed El-Katiri reviews the major challenges to the new Libyan regime, including the continuing role of tribalism and the difficulty posed by the NTCs lack of a monopoly on ensuring security in Tripoli and beyond. Key issues of concern to foreign partners when engaging with the new Libyan leadership are highlighted, and a number of policy recommendations are made. Libyas immediate future is of critical importance, and it will determine whether the country faces state consolidation or state failure.

Descriptors:

• *DEMOCRACY
• *GOVERNMENT(FOREIGN)
• *INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
• *LEADERSHIP
• *LIBYA
• *POLICIES
• *SECURITY
• *TRANSITIONS
• GEOPOLITICS
• ISLAM
• LIVING STANDARDS
• MILITARY FORCES(FOREIGN)
• NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
• NORTH AFRICA
• PARAMILITARY FORCES
• PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
• POLITICAL REVOLUTION
• POSTWAR
• REFUGEES
• SOUTHERN EUROPE
• STABILIZATION
• UNITED NATIONS
• VOLATILITY
• VULNERABILITY

Subject Categories:

• Economics and Cost Analysis
• Government and Political Science
• Sociology and Law
• Military Forces and Organizations

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE