My Op-ed in the Guardian, Post-Gaddafi Libya should think local.After a revolution that started at the periphery, Libya must empower local networks while avoiding factionalism.Amid many questions about the future of post-Gaddafi Libya, one fact cannot be ignored: the Libyan revolution of 2011 is dissimilar – in scope, content, and origin – to its sister revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt. Indeed, it has almost no parallels in world history.Generally, sweeping revolutionary change (France in 1789, Russia in 1917, etc) is carried out by an organised group at the centre of power with a distinct ideology. In Libya, the revolution originated in the periphery and is surprisingly devoid of ideology.ooking forward, the NTC has frequently acknowledged the existence of a ground-swell of "localist" opinion that it would have to successfully appease to unite post-Gaddafi Libya. Mahmoud Jibril promised to step down after the liberation to appease this sentiment.
Post-Gaddafi Libya Should Think Local