1. A Viable Libyan Government Must Be Built From The Bottom Up
- Author:
- Rasmus Alenius Boserup, Hans Lucht, and Mohamed Eljarh
- Publication Date:
- 12-2016
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Danish Institute for International Studies
- Abstract:
- Hampered by a combination of a historical absence of strong and centralized state institutions and a recent destruction of the institutional pillars underpinning the Gaddafi-regime, Libya’s transition government that took office on 17 December 2015, remains at a loss. Like previous transition governments, the internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) has failed to re-establish central authority. In a new DIIS brief, Senior Researchers Rasmus Alenius Boserup and Hans Lucht and Non-resident Fellow at the Atlantic Council, Mohamed Eljarh, analyse the constraints for the current government. They propose a way forward based on an acknowledgement that power resides in the peripheries of Libya, not at the centre.
- Topic:
- Political Power Sharing, Peacekeeping, and Political and institutional effectiveness
- Political Geography:
- Libya