"My chat with the colonel"
The Guardian
March 9, 2007
By Anthony Giddens

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Libya has a small population. But what happens there could have an impact in North Africa and across the Middle East. How far is Gadafy's change of direction real? What are the chances of effective reform? It was to explore these questions that I went to Libya with David Frost and Professor Benjamin Barber, a celebrated theorist of democracy, to engage him in debate.