Assessments

A retired general's idle threat of an intervention underscores the military's challenges in institutionalizing its authority.

Libya faces a stalled political transition process and a proliferation of armed groups vying to influence the formation of an eventual permanent government. But the country's fledgling military lacks both the physical presence and institutional legitimacy to meaningfully challenge the government or stabilize it by ruling in its stead.

In Libya, Poor Prospects for a Coup

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Libya

Rebalancing Power in the Middle East

Libya faces a stalled political transition process and a proliferation of armed groups vying to influence the formation of an eventual permanent government. But the country's  fledgling military lacks both the physical presence and institutional legitimacy to meaningfully challenge the government or stabilize it by ruling in its stead.


ASSESSMENTS

In Libya, Poor Prospects for a Coup

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