This study offers an analysis of one of the lesser-known chapters in Libya's foreign policy under the Qaddafi regime, and focuses on Libyan–Turkish relations. The study shows that during most of the era of collaboration, spanning the period of mid-1970s–2011, Libya's relations with Turkey constituted an exceptional ‘island’ of pragmatism in Libya's ocean of fanatic...

This study examines the relatively unknown issue of the ethno-political and strategic partnership that existed between the Libyan regime of Muammar al-Qaddafi and the ethnic Tuareg minority of Sahelian origin, with an emphasis on the period during 1990–2011. Approaching this issue through political history and political science frameworks, this study addresses cont...