Analysis of Gaddafi's 42-years Foreign Policy Based on Constructivism Theory

The theorizing procedure in international relations has shifted from micro to macro level. Accordingly, constructivism was proposed as a moderate approach to the study of social and political phenomena with an emphasis on structure and human individuals as functionary factors. The importance of this study is due to the role assigned to governments and individuals as well as the possible mechanismsand limiting structures in shaping the international system, foreign policy behavior and national interests. Having utilized a descriptive-analytic method, the researchers made attempts at explicating Gaddafi’s foreign policy on the basis of constructivism model. The results of the study show that the course of transfer of foreign policy failure into the boundaries of national identity, in the first threedecades of Gaddafi’s sovereignty, has led to a steady flow of identity-building and construction of interests in the time of crisis (by active functionaries in national sphere), especially after the overthrow of Saddam in March 2003.