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poresmaili N. Libya; From the collapse of the state to a collapsed state. AAR 2024; 1 (1) :17-42
URL: http://aar.modares.ac.ir/article-13-70073-en.html
URL: http://aar.modares.ac.ir/article-13-70073-en.html
Assistant Professor, African Studies Center, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran , n.pouresmaili@modares.ac.ir
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Citing the "Annual Report of Fragile States Index" provided by the "Peace Fund" from 2006 to 2023, this article argues that Libya was not an example of a failed state at the time of state collapse. Although all governments in the world have a degree of weakness and incapability in providing and realization of their main tasks, Libya's rank during Gaddafi period, compared to other countries, was not a rank that could be considered as an example of a fragile state. The necessity of reforming the produced literature provoked the writer to seek an answer to the question of why the post-Gaddafi government of Libya has moved towards a collapsed government. Prioritizing domestic reasons for this issue over regional and international ones, this article argues that; the government's inability in exclusive use of power; the political role of Islamists in Libyan government; the role of Libyan former officials in the new government; terrorist groups with an Islamist approach such as ISIS and Al-Qaeda; the role of Islam in the laws and political and social life of the country; disagreement over the types of political governmental structure; disputes related to the electoral system; ways of allocating the seats of the National Congress to the representatives and the methods of choosing a new body to draft the constitution, are the most important reasons why the Libyan government is moving towards a "collapsed state".
Article Type: Original Research |
Subject:
political Geography
Received: 2023/06/25 | Accepted: 2024/02/13 | Published: 2023/03/30
Received: 2023/06/25 | Accepted: 2024/02/13 | Published: 2023/03/30
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