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This chapter assesses the R2P norm of “Rebuilding” and US foreign policy in the aftermath of the Libyan civil war. It argues that the civil war left a fractured country as prey to political rivalry and infighting, the emergence of extremism, militias, and weapons proliferation, the absence of basic political institutions, etc—in short, all the ingredients required to create a fractured country. The USA had a golden opportunity to help Libya reshape itself and reinvent a future of democracy and freedom. Unfortunately, the USA did next to nothing and watched from the sidelines as the country descended into extremism, sectarian violence, and chaos.
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Tang Abomo, P. (2019). R2P Norm of “Rebuilding” in US Foreign Policy Toward the Libyan Civil War. In: R2P and the US Intervention in Libya. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78831-9_8
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