As the name implies, the cover of the book is green, so it is called "Green Book". The author of this book is Gaddafi, and the copyright owner is Gaddafi. The Green Paper was formed in 1973, the fourth year after Gaddafi's coup. Gaddafi is a scholar with strong thoughts.
The Green Paper is Gaddafi's so-called "theory of governing the country", which was applicable to Libya at that time and not to other countries. If we persist in applying the Green Paper, it will definitely bring "indigestion" to national governance. So the leaders of Arab countries know very well that they will not accept Gaddafi's theory easily.
Therefore, in view of the western system and the eastern system, Gaddafi believed that the Arab world should also have its own "ism", so he put forward his own theory, that is, the "third world theory" between capitalism and socialism. This is the background of the initial formation of the Green Paper.
Second, Gaddafi's personal charm is not the most prestigious in Arab countries. Gaddafi is secretive and doesn't play by common sense. Neither the image nor the style of doing things has been widely recognized by Arab countries like Nasser.
When expounding the "third world theory", Gaddafi believed that parliament is unreliable, the laws enacted by parliament are also unreliable, political parties are even more unreliable, and organizations and individuals are also unreliable. He concluded that democracy was absolutely unreliable. Gaddafi believes that man can not be represented by anyone else, but only himself.
Third, fear of sanctions. The Green Paper is actually a pamphlet of Gaddafi's dictatorship, trying to find out which country in the world is a leader without parliament and voting. Otherwise, western countries will impose sanctions on the grounds of human rights.