This month, the RESOLVE Network team’s “What We’re Reading” post resumes focus on our 10 priority countries. This post features research addressing concepts related to belief, governance, populations, and violence in the country of Libya. The publications below explore linkages between tribal dynamics, governance issues, the rise of extremist groups and political conflict, and the aftermath of military intervention in the North African state.

The Political Economy of Governance

al-Khoei, Hayeder, Ellie Geranmayeh, and Mattia Toaldo. “After ISIS: How to Win the Peace in Iraq and Libya.” January 2017. European Council on Foreign Relations. http://www.ecfr.eu/page/-/After_ISIS_January_2017-2.pdf   

Wehrey, Frederic. “Insecurity and Governance Challenges in Southern Libya.” March 2017. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. http://carnegieendowment.org/files/CP304_Wehrey_Libya_Final.pdf   

Boeke, Sergei, and Jeanine de Roy van Zuijdewijn. “Transitioning from Military Interventions to Long-Term Counter-Terrorism Policy: The Case of Libya (2011–2016).” 2016. Leiden University – Institute of Security and Global Affairs (2016). https://www.icct.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/transitioning_from_military_intervention_libya_2016.pdf  

Communicating Belief

Kakar, Palwasha, and Zahra Langhi. “Libya’s Religious Sector and Peacebuilding Efforts.” March 2017. U.S. Institute of Peace. https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/2017-03/pw124-libya-religious-sector-and-peacebuilding-efforts.pdf  

Narbone, Luigi, Agnès Favier, and Virginie Collombier. “Inside Wars: Local Dynamics of Conflicts in Syria and Libya.” 2016. European University Institute, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies. http://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/41644/Inside%20wars_2016.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y  

Intervention Demographics

“Libya, Extremism, and the Consequences of Collapse.” January 2016. The Soufan Group. http://soufangroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/TSG_Libya-Extremism-and-the-Consequences-of-Collapse-Jan2016-1.pdf  

Cole, Peter, and Fiona Mangan. “Tribe, Security, Justice, and Peace in Libya Today.” September 2016. U.S. Institute of Peace. https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/PW118-Tribe-Security-Justice-and-Peace-in-Libya-Today.pdf  

Political Violence

El Kamouni-Janssen, Floor, and Iba Abdo. “Addressing Libya’s Multiple Crises: When Violent Politics, Extremism and Crime Meet.” July 2015. Clingendael Netherlands Institute of International Relations. https://www.clingendael.nl/sites/default/files/Policy_Brief_Addressing_Libyas_multiple%20crises_Clingendael%29_CRU_July2015.pdf  

Mattes, Hanspeter. “Libya since 2011: Political Transformation and Violence.” Middle East Policy 23, no. 2 (2016).  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.proxyau.wrlc.org/doi/10.1111/mepo.12195/abstract