THE STATE OF LIBYA CONFRONTED WITH HISTORY: A CHALLENGE FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION'S SECURITY?
THE STATE OF LIBYA CONFRONTED WITH HISTORY: A CHALLENGE FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION'S SECURITY?

Author(s): Ecaterina Mațoi
Subject(s): Security and defense
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: migration; ancient Libya; control of resources; colonization; Gaddafi;
Summary/Abstract: The toppling of the Libyan President Muammar al-Gaddafi in 2011 led to the disappearance of a completely original regime and order, the Jamahiriya, which was built in the 42-year leadership of the "Leader of the Revolution." The specific structures of power, had been violently destroyed during the events from 2011. They were replaced by the new political, military, social, economic - both exogenous and indigenous – actors, who are since, in a fierce competition and rivalry to control power and resources in this African country situated in a dangerous proximity of the European Union. One of the consequences of what is seems as a never-ending conflict in Libya after the fall of Gaddafi, is that it transformed into a constant transited state by (illegal) migrants towards Europe, one the one hand, and at a serious source of instability with all the ingredients specific to contemporary conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa region, on the other. Thus, the aim of this paper is to understand why a political unity or reaching a consensus, prove to be almost impossible tasks to accomplish by international and national actors in post-Gaddafi period, mostly by having a look into the modern history of this African state. A subsequent objective is to identify measures taken to counter the illegal migration flows towards Europe by local, regional and international entities, giving the fact that there was/is a critical lack of a legitimacy of any of the (self proclaimed) government/s within the Libyan territory.

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