<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The Libyan conflict has become an issue at the global level since its beginning. The foreign aid and support help got by the revolutionaries in their attempt to overthrow the Qaddafi regime and the role of tribes not only during these events but also afterwards, the country’s strategic position and oil reserves are the main points of interest when considering the North African internationalized civil war. While the role played by the tribes in stabilizing the political and social framework still lays at crossroads, being extremely controversial, the economic value and strategic importance of oil, for domestic actors as well as the international ones, are above any doubt.</p></abstract>

The Libyan conflict has become an issue at the global level since its beginning. The foreign aid and support help got by the revolutionaries in their attempt to overthrow the Qaddafi regime and the role of tribes not only during these events but also afterwards, the country’s strategic position and oil reserves are the main points of interest when considering the North African internationalized civil war. While the role played by the tribes in stabilizing the political and social framework still lays at crossroads, being extremely controversial, the economic value and strategic importance of oil, for domestic actors as well as the international ones, are above any doubt.

A Social and Economic Perspective on the Libyan Conflict. Tribalism and Oil Cases

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The Libyan conflict has become an issue at the global level since its beginning. The foreign aid and support help got by the revolutionaries in their attempt...

A Social and Economic Perspective on the Libyan Conflict. Tribalism and Oil Cases

Published Online: Dec 16, 2020

Page range: 325 - 330

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raft-2020-0039

Keywords
conflict, internationalization, tribe, oil, security vacuum

© 2020 Anca Dinicu, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

A Social and Economic Perspective on the Libyan Conflict. Tribalism and Oil Cases

Published Online: Dec 16, 2020

Page range: 325 - 330

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raft-2020-0039

Keywordsconflict, internationalization, tribe, oil, security vacuum

© 2020 Anca Dinicu, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
conflict, internationalization, tribe, oil, security vacuum