Jacob Mundy, assistant professor of peace and conflict studies at Colgate, called the Sept. 11 attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi and the resulting death of Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens a 鈥渞ude wake-up call to the coalition of states that was too-quick to say 鈥榤ission accomplished鈥� following their humanitarian intervention last year.鈥�

Mundy spent the summer in Libya researching the impact of NATO鈥檚 intervention there, and whether anti-Qaddafi rebellion forces had been engaged in war crimes while accepting NATO assistance.

Mundy accuses the international media of 鈥済ross negligence鈥� for its lack of critical coverage of the rebellion鈥檚 post-conflict abuses, and its failure to take an interest in the 鈥渄angerous politics of revolutionary martyrdom鈥� taking shape there.

鈥淲hile attacks on Western targets have been witnessed for several months in Libya, they have been largely ignored in the media,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 sad that it takes such a high- profile killing to wake up the press from its stupor.鈥�

Mundy recently wrote about Militia Politics in Libya鈥檚 National Elections for the Middle East channel of ForeignPolicy.com.

鈥淭he reconstruction debate is actually a coded language for a far more important political debate regarding the forces restructuring power relations in Libya today,鈥� he wrote.

鈥淧ower is now heavily determined by three factors: the size and reach of each area鈥檚 militias, each militias鈥� role in the revolution, and each area鈥檚 economic independence.鈥�

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