Frederic Wehrey
Snapshot
With Qaddafi's ouster imminent, the West must plan for post-conflict stabilization and reconstruction.
Response
Jul/Aug
2011
Iran may hope to capitalize on the Arab Spring, write Dalia Dassa Kaye and Frederic Wehrey, but Tehran will find the region hard to manipulate. Maybe so, argues Michael Doran -- but Washington must still do what it can to counter Iranian influence.
Snapshot
For decades, the outsized personality of Muammar al-Qaddafi has obscured the many rivalries among Libya's domestic groups, from the tribes to the military. With the Qaddafi era coming to a likely end, how will these actors now vie for supremacy?
This article appears in the Foreign Affairs/CFR eBook, The New Arab Revolt.
Capsule Review
May/June
2010
After describing the various formal organs and rules of government in Iran, this short study suggests that Iranian governance is best understood as an informal balance of contending forces under the aegis of a powerful, "but not omnipotent," supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
