Libya’s newfound engagement with the US and the EU represents not only a major shift in its international policies and diplomatic posture, but also a major internal reorientation, because the country now wants to develop an economy that is not exclusively based on oil. Indeed, like so many post-communist countries over the past 20 years, Libya is now making the gradual and at times painful transition to a market economy.
利比亚新近同美国和欧盟的交往不仅显示了其国际政策和外交姿态的重大转变，也是一次重要的内部重新定位，因为现在它想发展一种不仅仅是以石油为基础的经济体制。的确，像过去20年中许多后共产主义国家那样，利比亚现在正在渐进并时不时地要经历痛楚地过渡到市场经济。鉴于伊斯兰原教旨主义滋生于经济绝望，利比亚的统治者似乎特别关注这一点：这个过程不要产生有可能会成为宗教狂热牺牲品的改革受害者下层群体。