Posts About Libya

Kingdoms More Stable Than Republics

With the way the Arab world has gone, a stable, serious and relatively open monarchy is more favorable than a supposed republic. Powerful positions are granted to leaders' sons in Syria, Egypt and Libya while the Kingdoms of Jordan, Bahrain and Morocco enjoy the most serious democratization in the region.

Posted to Daoud Kuttab at PostGlobal on May 8, 2007 10:38 AM


Africa's Power Players

Johannesburg, South Africa - Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi bounces back. Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe "Looks East" to China. Nigeria's president loses face and Thabo Mbeki rules on.

Posted to William M. Gumede at PostGlobal on December 1, 2006 7:51 AM


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