‘Tesco for Terrorists’ Reconsidered: Arms and Conflict Dynamics in Libya and in the Sahara-Sahel Region

Strazzari, Francesco; Tholens, Simone

doi:10.1007/s10610-014-9233-y

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“…Meanwhile, the GNA was pursuing the goal of bringing all oil facilities under its control, which continued to escalate the conflict between GNA's Libyan Army and HoR's LNA under Haftar (Strazzari and Tholens 2014). In Western Libya, some members of the former GNC and some militia forces working with the Libya Dawn group decided to support the GNA and henceforth backed the GNA presidency council.…”

Section: The Road To the Libyan Civil War: A Cause For Continual Viol...mentioning

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The Role of ISIS as a Religious Terrorist Group in the Instability of Libya in the Post-Gaddafi Era: The Case of Sirte

Elhudairi¹,

Işıksal²

2022

Religions

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Stability and security remain the two most important objectives in the post-Gaddafi era since no accord has established a legitimate government in Libya yet. The rivalry of the Tripoli and Tobruk governments has resulted in unabating state insecurity in Libya. This article focuses on the strategic city of Sirte where the insecurity was felt most in the post-Gaddafi era. The significance of this city also comes from its strategic location, which makes it the main target for the political actors that want to control Libya. Deriving from these points, this article analyzes the impact and threat of ISIS as the terrorist group in Sirte.

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Section: The Road To the Libyan Civil War: A Cause For Continual Viol...mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of ISIS as a Religious Terrorist Group in the Instability of Libya in the Post-Gaddafi Era: The Case of Sirte

Elhudairi¹,

Işıksal²

2022

Religions

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“…Lamentably, West African and Sahelian states still face unrest from within their ungoverned spaces. According to Lyman, the American anti-terrorism programs which have heralded unprecedented militarization of American policy in Africa has largely served to increase the militarization of dissidence and resistance while prosecuting the case for violent resistance of America"s anti-terror and anti-Islamic policies in Africa 19 .…”

Section: Hegemonic Security Arrangements and The Militarization Of The Socio-political Relationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The hegemonic forays in Africa can also be traced to the 21 st century scramble for African with the realization that Africa is the new hinterland in Mackinder"s fashion. According to Ifeka (2010), at the height of this scramble has been the United States, the Chinese and the European Union who"ve been competing to control strategic resources such as 19 oil, bauxite and uranium in the West African and the Sahel region. As such, the prosecution of the war on terror has been pursued as a means to securitize "dangerous" West African Muslim states in order to manoeuvre leases to exploit resources vital to American and European union energy security needs as well as capital accumulation.…”

Section: Hegemonic Security Arrangements and The Militarization Of The Socio-political Relationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transnational Terrorism in the West African and the Sahel Region: An Exploration of Causes and Remedies

Karim¹

2021

IJRISS

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In Africa, while international terrorism has been a salient threat, it has been particularly pronounced in the Horn, West and the predominantly Arabic North. In the Western region of Africa, terror has assumed diverse dimensions. Against this background, this paper seeks to explore the causes and remedies of transnational terrorism in West Africa and the Sahel region. Specifically, the paper analyzes the geopolitical push and pull factors predisposing the West Africa and the Sahel region to transnational terrorism by examining how an inter-play of the state as a domestic player and the state as an international hegemonic pawn engage in actions that serve as a petri dish in which terrorism is cultured and perpetuated. Adopting a qualitative data collection method that relies mainly on secondary and current affairs data on terrorism in the West African region, the paper finds that domestically, terrorism in the West African and the Trans-Sahel region is a product of a decay in state-society relations. This decay a result from narrow definition of the state i.e., as a tool of regime securitization and perpetuation. Over time, this regime securitization and perpetuation agenda result in the neglect of the articulation of the aspirations of the citizenry in public policy which further alienates the state from the people thus allowing the organic maturation of terror. With regard to the state as an international actor, the paper finds that post-September 11 security arrangements that were forged as part of the globalized fight against international terror engendered the militarization of the state which inadvertently occasioned state excesses against the citizenry. The paper calls for the need to address the root causes of terrorism and militarism in the region; an exploration of "bottom-up" local solutions to the challenges of terrorism and violent extremism; enhancing state-society relations in the region and strengthening regional co-operation amongst the states in the West African and the Sahel region.

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“…Так, еще в феврале 2011 г. был создан Переходный национальный совет (ПНС), целью которого являлось объединение сил оппозиции, выражение единой политической позиции, поддерживаемой вооруженными силами как внутри страны, так и снаружи (Strazzari & Tholens, 2014). Этот орган был признан большинством стран мира.…”

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Dual Power Conflict in Libya as a Socio-Political Transformation Process

Ponyaev¹

2020

Bulletin of Perm University. Political Science

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Московский государственный университетАннотация В статье проводится анализ конфликта двоевластия в Ливии в контексте социальных и политических трансформаций. Цель статьи -формирование представления о политических трансформациях в Ливии в процессе развития конфликта двоевластия в период с 2011 по начало 2019 гг. Для достижения цели автором были проанализированы и систематизированы события, происходящие в Ливии и имеющие важное политическое значение в контексте кризиса. На основе этого анализа автором представлена краткая хронология и выделены ключевые моменты развития конфликта и происходящие в них трансформации. По мере развития конфликта три раза менялись его ключевые стороны. При этом каждая смена сторон была идентична смене доминирующей идеи конфликта и представляла собой отдельную стадию. На первой стадии доминирующую роль играли политические взгляды и идеи сторон. На второй -большое значение стала приобретать борьба за власть и ресурсы. На третьей стадии (конфликт между Палатой представителей, объединившейся с генералом Х. Хафтаром, и Правительством национального единства) конфликт перешел в стадию борьбы за ресурсы, власть и территорию. Политические мотивы отошли на второй план. Таким образом, можно утверждать, что процесс социально-политической трансформации в Ливии был вытеснен борьбой двух сторон конфликта двоевластия.

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‘Tesco for Terrorists’ Reconsidered: Arms and Conflict Dynamics in Libya and in the Sahara-Sahel Region

Cited by 10 publications

References 7 publications

The Role of ISIS as a Religious Terrorist Group in the Instability of Libya in the Post-Gaddafi Era: The Case of Sirte

The Role of ISIS as a Religious Terrorist Group in the Instability of Libya in the Post-Gaddafi Era: The Case of Sirte

Transnational Terrorism in the West African and the Sahel Region: An Exploration of Causes and Remedies

Dual Power Conflict in Libya as a Socio-Political Transformation Process

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