LIBYA: RELAPSE IN TO CRISIS AFTER MUAMMAR GADDAFI (SINCE 2011)

Factors as well as the emergence of social media networks, ultimately igniting the Arab Revolution of 2011. At the end of the year, three long tenured undemocratic rulers, Ben Ali, Hosni Mubarak, and Muammar Gaddafi were removed from power in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya respectively. In Libya, a full scale eight months of civil war, the intervention of the international community, the death of a dictator in the Libyan ‘February 17 Revolution' of 2011, followed, unlike states in the region that have been in a similar pattern, by long lasting instability which is still unsolved. The UN has been following the case of Libya closely, since the outbreak and its attempt to mediate for peace among different factions in the post-revolution crisis was commendable in the midst of the problem of inclusiveness. Lack of inclusiveness in the establishment of the Government of National Accord in 2015/16 is boosting the current threat of Libya called ISIS/L. Those who were disappointed with the establishment of the government and power division are joining the terrorist groups. So, composition of the new governments should be reconsidered. Factors caused and exacerbated post-Gaddafi Libyan crisis are basically attributed to pre and post-revolution conditions that are related with the legacy of administration of Gaddafi, geographical and ethnic composition of the state, thirsty for power, external actors role or intervention and, most importantly, the weakness of transitional government. The state is failing due to the death of national identity. Fractured state security and deteriorating economy caused civilians either leave their home or live under miserable conditions. Not only the state, the crisis or civil war has been highly affecting the security, socioeconomic and political conditions of the broader region. It was this issue, which inspired this work to provide an in-depth analysis on basic factors contributed for the relapse of Libya into security, social, economic and political crises after the death of Gaddafi in 2011. In conclusion, the paper has forwarded the way out for Libya.