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The war and the economy: the gradual destruction of Libya
This article questions dominant analyses about Libya's present 'war economy' and 'statelessness', which are often deployed to explain the country's ongoing destruction. By reinterpreting the history of the past as the failure of Libya to implement neoliberal reforms, these accounts trivialise its anti-imperialist history. The article reflects on the role that war and militarism play in the US-led imperialist structure, tracing the gradual unmaking of Libya from the progressive revolutionary era, towards its transformation into a comprador state and an outpost for global class war. In doing so, it moves the focus away from Libya's 'war economy' to examine the war and the economy, linking Libya's fate to the geo-economic and geopolitical forces at the core of US-led imperialism.
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The Arab Uprisings and the Prospects for Building Shared Societies
The uprisings in the Arab world were driven by various forms of exclusion that have driven multiple groups to mobilize against long-standing authoritarian regimes. However, once in place these uprisings have followed different trajectories and have led to different outcomes. While structural conditions are important, elite decisions and external variables also help explain successful consensus building in Tunisia and Yemen, the resurgence of authoritarianism in Egypt and state breakdown in Libya and in Syria.
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Neoliberal threats to North Africa
A 2008 incident in Carthage spoke volumes about power politics and economic ideology. As he was given the country's main honour, the Order of the Tunisian Republic, on account of his 'contribution to the reinforcement of economic development at the global level', International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn returned the favour, offering Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's dictatorship a warm embrace. In late May 2011, just days after Strauss-Kahn resigned, the IMF outlined a new set of opportunities in Tunisia and neighbouring countries. Specifically for Egypt, the destination included two words, 'social justice', which began appearing frequently in official statements. Adapted from the source document.
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