From Arab Spring to Failed State Winter: How Gaddafi’s Misplaced Trust in the West Led to His Demise

From Arab Spring to Failed State Winter: How Gaddafi’s Misplaced Trust in the West Led to His Demise

Wednesday marks the 12-year anniversary of the first anti-Gaddafi protests in Benghazi, which quickly grew into a foreign-backed armed uprising, NATO intervention and ultimately, Libya’s breakup into feudal warring statelets. Was there any way for Libya to avoid its fate? Sputnik explores.

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