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The theories of international relations explain the disconcerting behavior of foreign actors on the Libyan crisis from several angles. Defensive realism emphasizes the threat of refugee flows, terrorism, and the need to defend prestige. Defensive realism describes Egypt's behavior in seeking to react by getting involved in this conflict for the sake of repelling the security threats coming from the Libyan case. Offensive realism, on the other hand, describes the attitude of Qatar, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates, which do not have threats adjacent to their territories, and their response to the threats is to strengthen military capabilities and deploy them on the ground. The constructivist paradigm is introduced as well in the definition of the relationship between the Arab states and Turkey in this conflict, because beyond the realistic and pragmatic designs that animate the latter, one cannot ignore the existence of a strong link represented by ideology and the identity and religious factor. It is a set of values and norms constructed and conceived as a common good where each agent of the structure (the regional scene) wishes to preserve and strengthen so that it can position itself within it. However, the use of one of the above theories raises two problems in explaining behaviors. First, none of the theories can explain attitudes by itself. The factors highlighted by each of the theories provide a critical element that the other theories lack. Second, the factors in each theory interact with the factors in the other theories and with the actions of the states in complex ways. The Libyan case demonstrates that only a model that integrates the intersection between these theories could provide a satisfactory explanation.
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