@article {Braut-Hegghammer:2008:0026-3141:55, title = "Libya's Nuclear Turnaround: Perspectives from Tripoli", journal = "The Middle East Journal", parent_itemid = "infobike://mei/mei", publishercode ="mei", year = "2008", volume = "62", number = "1", publication date ="2008-01-15T00:00:00", pages = "55-72", itemtype = "ARTICLE", issn = "0026-3141", url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mei/mei/2008/00000062/00000001/art00004", doi = "doi:10.3751/62.1.13", author = "Braut-Hegghammer, M\aalfrid", abstract = "This article examines Libya's nuclear rollback in light of sources that have emerged since December 2003. These sources offer new perspectives on the Libyan regime's motives for pursuing nuclear weapons, why it concluded that the effort to acquire nuclear weapons was becoming a threat to national security, and how this reflects on Libya's security policy under Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi. It will be argued that this particular case illustrates a recent trend towards post-revolutionary realpolitik in Libyan foreign and security policy.", }