Jacques Roumani

Dr. Jacques Roumani is a Middle East & North Africa analyst and Libya specialist and author.

E-Mail: jacquesroumani@yahoo.com

This individual is a guest contributor for mei.edu, and is not affiliated with The Middle East Institute.

Publications

Mar 12, 2014

Jacques Roumani

Libya on the Brink: Insecurity, Localism, and the State Not Back In

Mar 12, 2014

Jacques Roumani

The Libyan uprising launched almost three years ago has yet to produce the promised transition to a new post-Qaddafi political order. The moment of unity generated by toppling the tyrant has fragmented due to the fact that, unlike Tunisia or Egypt, no state apparatus existed to take over from the victorious rebels. Transitional authorities under the National Transitional Council (NTC, March 2011-August 2012) were too weak to govern and acquire legitimacy. Their successor 200-member constituent assembly, the General National Congress (GNC) elected in July 2012, has not fared much better due to dysfunctional politics, factional disputes, pervasive distrust, a legacy of institutional destruction, and sporadic resistance by former members and supporters of the toppled regime, as well as historical, regional, and tribal cleavages.