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A Rogue Reforms; Libya has finally come in from the cold. But new threats are growing at home, which even an autocrat like Kaddafi is finding hard to manage.(de facto leader of Libya, Col. Muammar Kaddafi)

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Byline: Andrew Moravcsik (Moravcsik directs the European Union Program at Princeton University.)

When Tony Blair made his valedictory rounds last month, one of his most remarkable stops barely got any notice. On a short stay in Libya, Blair declared British-Libyan relations "completely transformed" and announced a $900 million oil- and gas-exploration deal between BP and the Libyan government. In Surt, the hometown of Libyan strongman Col. Muammar Kaddafi, Blair signed a defense agreement allowing Libya--which just 20 years ago was bombed by the United States--to purchase air-defense and missile systems from Britain. Just a few years ago, Blair acknowledged, none ...

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