Books by Luis Martinez

Algeria is noteworthy for its geopolitical position and the fact it has avoided destabilisation from grassroots uprisings along the lines of the Arab Spring and from hardline Islamists currently plaguing the region

During the 1970s, Algeria, Iraq, and Libya began to spend due to their massive oil wealth and modernisation seemed imminent. What went wrong?

In 1992, United Nations sanctions were imposed on Libya after it refused to hand over for judgement in an international court two Libyan citizens suspected of involvement in the bombing of a passenger plane over Lockerbie in Scotland in 1988. This book suggests that the future of Libya lies in becoming paradoxically-an authoritarian liberal state.