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MENASource

Nov 6, 2017

Can Libya put the cart before the horse?

By Karim Mezran

In the wake of the Security Council’s renewal of the United Nations (UN) mission in Libya (UNSMIL) in September, a sequel to UN-led mediation efforts directed by a new Special Representative of the Secretary General is underway in Libya. It once again hopes to reach an agreement among the main actors of the Libyan crisis […]

Libya

MENASource

Nov 3, 2017

Libya’s warring parties play a dangerous game working with Madkhali Salafists

By Ahmed Salah Ali

The current fight against the Islamic State (ISIS, IS, Daesh) and Salafi jihadis in Libya should not distract from other Salafi groups in Benghazi and Tripoli that are spreading and enforcing anti-democractic and illiberal views and practices. The Madkhali Salafist-inspired groups are slowly gaining ground via both the al-Tawhid Brigades in the east under Field […]

Libya

MENASource

Oct 31, 2017

Tunisia, the West, and the ‘Arab Spring’

By Oussama Romdhani

Although Tunisia is still seen favorably in Washington, the US is unlikely to be its savior. No matter how much Washington reflects on Tunisia as a successful democratic transition, the mood in the US capital will not lead to large amounts of aid to magically fix Tunisia’s security and economic woes. Only by looking to […]

Democratic Transitions Libya

MENASource

Oct 4, 2017

A way forward for devolving local power in Libya?

By Elissa Miller and Andrea Taylor

Despite the signing of the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) in Skhirat in 2015, the political situation in Libya appears no closer to being resolved. Indeed, there is now a widening consensus within Libya and among concerned states that the LPA must be amended. Over the last two years, cleavages within Libya deepened amid exacerbating interference […]

Democratic Transitions Libya

In the News

Oct 1, 2017

Miller in The Arab Weekly: Challenges Face Salame’s New Blueprint for Libya

By Elissa Miller

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Libya

New Atlanticist

Sep 14, 2017

Libya’s Oil Recovery Over a Barrel

By Reed Blakemore and Elissa Miller

A recent series of militant attacks that forced the closure of three of Libya’s key oil fields represents the latest blow to the North African nation’s efforts to revive its energy sector while reigning in the chronic instability that has plagued the country since its 2011 revolution. Over the course of two weeks in late […]

Libya

In the News

Sep 14, 2017

Miller Quoted in The National on Libya

By Elissa Miller

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Libya

In the News

Sep 8, 2017

Elissa Miller in Lawfare: European Interference in Libya Could Derail U.N. Efforts

By Elissa Miller

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Libya

Uncategorized

Sep 8, 2017

Miller in Lawfare: European Interference in Libya Could Derail U.N. Efforts

By Elissa Miller

Libya

MENASource

Aug 3, 2017

A Constitution That Doesn’t Protect Rights and Freedoms: Libya Writes Its Constitution

By Ragab Saad

On July 29, forty-three members among a sixty-member Constituent Assembly in Libya, voted in support of the Libyan constitution draft. This voting has concluded a long and complicated process of debate that has been continued for more than three years to write a constitution that has the support of a two-thirds plus one majority among […]

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Emadeddin Badi

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Arabic Conflict

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Alia Brahimi

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Arabic Civil Society

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Alessia Melcangi

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

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Karim Mezran

Director, Resident Senior Fellow, North Africa Initiative

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Emily Milliken

Associate Director, Media and Communications, N7 Initiative

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

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