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The End of the Libyan Dictatorship: The Uncertain Transition

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  • Yahia Zoubir
  • Erzsébet Rózsa

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The 42-year dictatorship in Libya finally collapsed in October 2011; it took the Western-backed armed uprising seven months of intensive fighting to defeat Qaddafi's loyalist forces. The fall of the Qaddafi regime is a welcome development in the Middle East and North Africa region. But, unlike Tunisia or Egypt, Libya does not have a standing army or a reliable potential force that can bring the necessary stability for a political transition. The tribal nature of the country and the difficulty of disarming the rebels and other groups pose serious challenges to the new authorities in Tripoli. Unless these issues are handled effectively, Libya will undergo a long period of unpredictability.

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  • Yahia Zoubir & Erzsébet Rózsa, 2012. "The End of the Libyan Dictatorship: The Uncertain Transition," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(7), pages 1267-1283.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:33:y:2012:i:7:p:1267-1283
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2012.691830
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