Libya and regional security

Abstract

In theory and practice, there is a consensus that the question of regional security is becoming of great importance. This largely due to the fact that the level of international security is interlocked and heavily pending on the extent of <i>micro-security</i>: i.e. regional, subregional, national, local and personal. Accordingly, we will examine how Libya deals with the security issue within its regional settings. Initially, this requires throwing light on the underlying factors that heavily determine the preference and priority of which regional security arrangement to adhere. In the Libya case, there are a number of alternatives. This include: the Arab world, the Middle East, North Africa, the Arab Maghreb and the Mediterranean Region.