In July 2014, The National Interest published an article titled “The Case for Monarchy in Libya.” It described the varying tribal relations from among regions, which cause a splintered Libyan society, and asserts that the solution to unification “can be found in Libya’s past, before a twenty-seven-year-old Gaddafi launched his Green Revolution and turned the country’s political system to dust: constitutional monarchy.” It also mentions the “considerable influence” the Senussi family – King Idris specifically – had on commanding respect from the various tribes and strains of Islam.
