| ID | 141124 |
| Title Proper | Could Libya’s decline have been predicted? |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Fishman, Ben |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The improbable Libyan revolution has undergone several phases in the past four and a half years: a burst of political activity with the discovery of newfound freedoms; a growing period of divisiveness over the pursuit of political power and the spoils of war; an inability to form a cohesive government to establish basic security and provide economic well-being for a resource-rich country; the outbreak of civil war; and the ensuing political chaos that gave space for Salafi jihadists and ultimately the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) to gain influence across the country’s vast territory. Politicians and pundits accordingly look at Libya now through the lens of failure, attempting to identify where the revolution ran off course – or to reinforce the view that intervening in the country was misguided in the first place. |
| `In' analytical Note | Survival : the IISS Quarterly Vol. 57, No.5; Oct/Nov 2015: p.199-208 |
| Journal Source | Survival Vol: 57 No 5 |
| Key Words | Middle East ; Libya ; Libyan Revolution ; ISIS |