A new balance between 'Local' and 'National'? Libya's Failed Security Sector Reform

YEŞİLYURT N.

JOURNAL OF INTERVENTION AND STATEBUILDING, cilt.17, sa.4, ss.456-476, 2023 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 17 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/17502977.2023.2207885
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF INTERVENTION AND STATEBUILDING
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.456-476
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Security sector reform, Libya, local ownership, vertical integration, post-conflict reconstruction, OWNERSHIP, PEACE, STATE
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study argues that local ownership of Security Sector Reform (SSR) efforts may not be enough to bring stability to post-conflict countries, especially where the state is collapsed due to armed conflict. Based on the vertical integration approach, the study makes a conceptual distinction between local and national security providers/initiatives and highlights the importance of the balance-building role that international actors should play between them to achieve security and stability during post-conflict reconstruction. The research focuses on the Libyan experience between 2011 and 2014 as a single case study and relies mainly on United Nations (UN) documents and fieldwork-based reports.