After Muammar Gaddafi fell in 2011, Libya was expected to enter a new era of freedom and reconstruction. Instead, the country became divided between rival governments, militias, oil interests, foreign powers, and competing visions of authority.

This episode explores how Libya’s revolution turned into a long struggle for power, why oil became both a lifeline and a prize, and how outside intervention transformed a national crisis into a regional proxy battleground. More than a story of one fallen dictator, Libya after Gaddafi is a warning about what happens when a regime collapses before a strong state is ready to replace it.