Alaaldin, Ranj (2012) After the Arab Spring: power shift in the Middle East?: Libya: defining its future. IDEAS reports - special reports, Kitchen, Nicholas (ed.) SR011. LSE IDEAS, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
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Abstract
The international community is approaching the anniversary of its intervention in Libya last year. What started as a protest for greater rights and democracy quickly transformed into a military uprising against a vicious dictator intent on suppressing a revolution with every brutal means at his disposal. The conflict was distinct from other uprisings elsewhere in the region for three principal reasons: first, the brutality with which Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s regime responded; second, the audacity, tenacity and speed with which the Libyan people became militarily organised and capable of exploiting Gaddafi’s disintegrating military; and third, the involvement of the international community, in the form of the NATO alliance that was backed up by Arab support, particularly from the Gulf state of Qatar.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Report) |
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| Official URL: | http://www2.lse.ac.uk/IDEAS/Home.aspx |
| Additional Information: | © 2012 The Author |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | D History General and Old World > DS Asia J Political Science > JQ Political institutions Asia J Political Science > JZ International relations |
| Sets: | Research centres and groups > LSE IDEAS |
| Rights: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/rights/LSERO.htm |
| Identification Number: | SR011 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/43463/ |
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