Youssef Mohammad Sawani
Biographic Data
| ID | 4769741 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Youssef Mohammad Sawani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Youssef Mohammad |
| FAMILY NAME | Sawani |
| SIGNATURE | SAWANI Y M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tripoli |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9499-8518 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Justice, Reconciliation, and State-Building in Post-Gaddafi Libya
This article argues that the transitional justice (TJ) approach in post-Gaddafi Libya has failed because it lacked national reconciliation. Libya’s transition experience did not include reconciliation and agreement on a new social contract, and this not only perpetuated conflict, exclusion, and division, but also frustrated the pursuit of a peace, and made democratic transition a remote possibility. Taking stock from local and relevant comparativ…
Gaddafi’s Legacy, Institutional Development, and National Reconciliation in Libya
Since the fall of Gaddafi’s forty-two years of rule, Libya has been facing tremendous challenges of instability and insecurity reflecting and characterized by both a political impasse and a lack of legitimate state institutions. Ad-hoc and non-state formations grew outside the legitimate state boundary and became the real actors, polarizing politics and society while rendering any political dialogue ineffective, especially when confined to exclus…
Islamist and Non-Islamist Currents and the Struggle for Post-Gaddafi Libya
This paper examines the origin and the relationship between Islamist and non- Islamist political trends in Libya, highlighting the development of the contestation between the two before and after the fall of Gaddafi’s rule. The relationship appears to be that of a contestation between Islamists and liberals but this may be misleading. Islamists are not united but they share an adherence to the establishment of a Muslim society and some form of a …
Security sector reform, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of militias: The challenges for state building in Libya
Even though the rebels, later turned ‘revolutionaries’, actually had an insignificant role as combatants in the violent downfall of the Gaddafi regime in Libya in 2011, they became involved in acts of war in many parts of the country in what came to resemble a civil war. Their militias flourished thanks to the lucrative financial handouts that governments paid to them. To complicate matters, additional militias sprang up in the absence of any sor…
Arabs and democracy: An analysis of the findings of the survey of Arab public opinion towards democracy
A survey commissioned by the Center of Arab Unity Studies (CAUS), and carried out in late 2009 and early 2010, was the first Arab public opinion survey on democracy of its kind. This article presents its findings and contextualizes the analyses in the debate that has marked Arab political thinking on democracy as a system of good governance. The purpose of the survey was to shed light on the attitudes of ordinary Arabs with respect to democracy. …
Libyan constitutionality and sovereignty post-Qadhafi: The Islamist, regionalist, and Amazigh challenges
Since the overthrow of Muammar Qadhafi, Libya's political and security institutions have suffered from a power vacuum. The interim governments' absence of 'real power' has been mirrored by their corresponding absence of 'abstract authority'. Both dynamics are indicative of an ongoing struggle over what constitutes sovereign, legitimate authority in post-Qadhafi Libya. From the National Transitional Council's (NTC's) inception until its handover o…
Post-Qadhafi Libya: Interactive dynamics and the political future
Libya’s contemporary history has been dominated by the interplay of the perpetual dynamics of religion, tribalism, oil and ideology. After 42 years in power Qadhafi was killed at the hands of revolutionaries and the final chapter of his dictatorial reign was terminated. With direct and powerful support from NATO and some Arab governments the revolution, led by the National Transitional Council and military councils in many Libyan cities, was anot…
The ‘end of pan-Arabism’ revisited: Reflections on the Arab Spring
This article draws on implications of the Arab Spring so as to elucidate the dynamics that characterize its revolutions. The analysis builds upon the results of major public opinion surveys conducted in the Arab world, both immediately before and after the Arab Spring, in order to facilitate the identification of developments that shape the relationship between Arabism and Islamism in the context of mass media, the demographic ‘youth bulge’ and A…
Libyan constitutionality and sovereignty post-Qadhafi: The Islamist, regionalist, and Amazigh challenges
Since the overthrow of Muammar Qadhafi, Libya's political and security institutions have suffered from a power vacuum. The interim governments' absence of 'real power' has been mirrored by their corresponding absence of 'abstract authority'. Both dynamics are indicative of an ongoing struggle over what constitutes sovereign, legitimate authority in post-Qadhafi Libya. From the National Transitional Council's (NTC's) inception until its handover o…
Post-Qadhafi Libya: Interactive dynamics and the political future
Libya’s contemporary history has been dominated by the interplay of the perpetual dynamics of religion, tribalism, oil and ideology. After 42 years in power Qadhafi was killed at the hands of revolutionaries and the final chapter of his dictatorial reign was terminated. With direct and powerful support from NATO and some Arab governments the revolution, led by the National Transitional Council and military councils in many Libyan cities, was anot…
Security sector reform, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of militias: The challenges for state building in Libya
Even though the rebels, later turned ‘revolutionaries’, actually had an insignificant role as combatants in the violent downfall of the Gaddafi regime in Libya in 2011, they became involved in acts of war in many parts of the country in what came to resemble a civil war. Their militias flourished thanks to the lucrative financial handouts that governments paid to them. To complicate matters, additional militias sprang up in the absence of any sor…
The ‘end of pan-Arabism’ revisited: Reflections on the Arab Spring
This article draws on implications of the Arab Spring so as to elucidate the dynamics that characterize its revolutions. The analysis builds upon the results of major public opinion surveys conducted in the Arab world, both immediately before and after the Arab Spring, in order to facilitate the identification of developments that shape the relationship between Arabism and Islamism in the context of mass media, the demographic ‘youth bulge’ and A…
Islamist and Non-Islamist Currents and the Struggle for Post-Gaddafi Libya
This paper examines the origin and the relationship between Islamist and non- Islamist political trends in Libya, highlighting the development of the contestation between the two before and after the fall of Gaddafi’s rule. The relationship appears to be that of a contestation between Islamists and liberals but this may be misleading. Islamists are not united but they share an adherence to the establishment of a Muslim society and some form of a …
Arabs and democracy: An analysis of the findings of the survey of Arab public opinion towards democracy
A survey commissioned by the Center of Arab Unity Studies (CAUS), and carried out in late 2009 and early 2010, was the first Arab public opinion survey on democracy of its kind. This article presents its findings and contextualizes the analyses in the debate that has marked Arab political thinking on democracy as a system of good governance. The purpose of the survey was to shed light on the attitudes of ordinary Arabs with respect to democracy. …
Post-Qadhafi Libya: Interactive dynamics and the political future
Libya’s contemporary history has been dominated by the interplay of the perpetual dynamics of religion, tribalism, oil and ideology. After 42 years in power Qadhafi was killed at the hands of revolutionaries and the final chapter of his dictatorial reign was terminated. With direct and powerful support from NATO and some Arab governments the revolution, led by the National Transitional Council and military councils in many Libyan cities, was anot…
The ‘end of pan-Arabism’ revisited: Reflections on the Arab Spring
This article draws on implications of the Arab Spring so as to elucidate the dynamics that characterize its revolutions. The analysis builds upon the results of major public opinion surveys conducted in the Arab world, both immediately before and after the Arab Spring, in order to facilitate the identification of developments that shape the relationship between Arabism and Islamism in the context of mass media, the demographic ‘youth bulge’ and A…
Libyan constitutionality and sovereignty post-Qadhafi: The Islamist, regionalist, and Amazigh challenges
Since the overthrow of Muammar Qadhafi, Libya's political and security institutions have suffered from a power vacuum. The interim governments' absence of 'real power' has been mirrored by their corresponding absence of 'abstract authority'. Both dynamics are indicative of an ongoing struggle over what constitutes sovereign, legitimate authority in post-Qadhafi Libya. From the National Transitional Council's (NTC's) inception until its handover o…
Arabs and democracy: An analysis of the findings of the survey of Arab public opinion towards democracy
A survey commissioned by the Center of Arab Unity Studies (CAUS), and carried out in late 2009 and early 2010, was the first Arab public opinion survey on democracy of its kind. This article presents its findings and contextualizes the analyses in the debate that has marked Arab political thinking on democracy as a system of good governance. The purpose of the survey was to shed light on the attitudes of ordinary Arabs with respect to democracy. …
Security sector reform, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of militias: The challenges for state building in Libya
Even though the rebels, later turned ‘revolutionaries’, actually had an insignificant role as combatants in the violent downfall of the Gaddafi regime in Libya in 2011, they became involved in acts of war in many parts of the country in what came to resemble a civil war. Their militias flourished thanks to the lucrative financial handouts that governments paid to them. To complicate matters, additional militias sprang up in the absence of any sor…
Islamist and Non-Islamist Currents and the Struggle for Post-Gaddafi Libya
This paper examines the origin and the relationship between Islamist and non- Islamist political trends in Libya, highlighting the development of the contestation between the two before and after the fall of Gaddafi’s rule. The relationship appears to be that of a contestation between Islamists and liberals but this may be misleading. Islamists are not united but they share an adherence to the establishment of a Muslim society and some form of a …
Gaddafi’s Legacy, Institutional Development, and National Reconciliation in Libya
Since the fall of Gaddafi’s forty-two years of rule, Libya has been facing tremendous challenges of instability and insecurity reflecting and characterized by both a political impasse and a lack of legitimate state institutions. Ad-hoc and non-state formations grew outside the legitimate state boundary and became the real actors, polarizing politics and society while rendering any political dialogue ineffective, especially when confined to exclus…
Justice, Reconciliation, and State-Building in Post-Gaddafi Libya
This article argues that the transitional justice (TJ) approach in post-Gaddafi Libya has failed because it lacked national reconciliation. Libya’s transition experience did not include reconciliation and agreement on a new social contract, and this not only perpetuated conflict, exclusion, and division, but also frustrated the pursuit of a peace, and made democratic transition a remote possibility. Taking stock from local and relevant comparativ…
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