ABSTRACT
The government of the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya,
commonly known as Libya, underwent a remarkable transformation over
the past decade. Once an international outcast, Libya re-established com-
mercial and diplomatic relations with most nations of the world, including
the United States. Domestically, it began to evolve from a socialist com-
mand economy to a Western-style free market system in which its citizens
were increasingly expected to fend for themselves. Only the domestic poli-
tical arena escaped meaningful change.