If top-down security is not complemented by bottom-up stability, the new government remains narrowly based and vulnerable to authoritarianism. On the other hand, the post-liberal paradigm advocated by Richmond, Mac Ginty and Chandler favors the “primacy of context over imported values” or the security of “social space” which promotes “context first”. Richmond's version of post-liberal peace relies on local, often hidden agency, while Chandler's post-liberal version denies any agency outside of hegemonic actors (problematizes the sovereignty and autonomy of local populations). Therefore, the post-liberal implies a deeper contextualization of peace as it is formed at the everyday, local-local level, and to which internationals can adapt – rather than the other way around. The notion of “stabilization” is that of “control” rather than that of promoting emancipation and autonomy (Mac Ginty, 2012). Stabilization presupposes the weakness of the State in consolidating control of its territory and its autonomy. Stabilization needs to be viewed from an “everyday” perspective, incorporating a more nuanced understanding of local agencies, autonomy and resistance. The post-liberal paradigm recognizes local-liberal hybridity (Richmond,