Libyan economic relations with the Maghreb countries from 1980 to 2010

Abstract

The foreign policy of any country is based on several data and foundations that must be relied upon to achieve the interests and goals that that policy or country aspires to, as the political, economic and diplomatic decision of any country depends on a set of internal and external factors that are sometimes linked and sometimes conflicting. The adoption of these decisions also depends on the nature of the institutions implementing them, their effectiveness, efficiency and ability to derive different options with a specific return under objective circumstances. As a result of Libya's connection to Arab and African countries through a set of links, including geographical links, cultural links, religious links and social links, this resulted in strong political, economic and social dealings between it and those countries, and each party had interests and goals that it hoped to achieve through its dealings with the other party. After the revolution of September 1, Libya adopted a foreign policy with Arab countries that differed from what it had been before the revolution. Its foreign policy was more liberal, and it sought through this policy to achieve a set of goals, foremost of which were the political goals that it saw as achieving some of them in the national interest of Libya and the rest of the Arab countries.