Moammar Gadhafi

Hisham Matar learns of his father’s fate, and the fate of Libya, in this effective personal chronicle

In the wake of the NATO bombings that ousted Gadhafi, a new divisive force emerges

It’s not the first time the firm has been at the centre of a foreign scandal

Abstract: This paper helps explain the variation in political turmoil observed in the MENA [Middle East and North Africa] during the Arab Spring. The region’s monarchies have been largely spared of violence while the “republics” have not. A theory about how a monarchy’s political culture solves a ruler’s credible commitment problem explains why this has been the case. Using a panel dataset of the MENA countries (1950-2006), I show that monarchs are less likely than non-monarchs to experience political instability, a result that holds across several measures. They are also more likely to respect the rule of law and property rights, and grow their economies. Through the use of an instrumental variable that proxies for a legacy of tribalism, the time that has elapsed since the Neolithic Revolution weighted by Land Quality, I show that this result runs from monarchy to political stability. The results are also robust to alternative political explanations and country fixed effects.

He had Libyan dissidents gunned down in London, sponsored the Italian Red Brigades, and kept an album of photographs of Condoleeza Rice–to cite a few

The number of stars hurrying to perform for dictators has reached epic proportions

John Baird promises to keep tabs on the NTC.

The Prime Ministers comments on the death of Moammar Gadhafi.

He ruled his people with an iron fist. In the end they dragged him from a drainpipe.

A statement from the Prime Minister on the liberation of Libya.

The Prime Minister’s statement to reporters this afternoon on the death of Moammar Gadhafi.

Canada reopens its embassy in Libya, the Taliban attacks the U.S. embassy and NATO headquarters in Kabul