Libya

With its proximity to Europe, its significant oil reserves, and its strategic importance to the stability of the North Africa region, the ongoing turmoil in Libya is a concern for the United States and its allies. Rival factions serving as proxies to competing regional powers continue to destabilize the country and hamper any national dialogue efforts. The role of the United States and Europe will be essential in encouraging dialogue, supporting the arms embargo, and contributing to any post-war economic revitalization plan.

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MENASource

Jul 11, 2016

After ISIS Defeat in Sirte Challenges Remain

By Mohamed Eljarh

In early June, forces loyal to the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) claimed to have entered the city of Sirte. Indeed, fighting continues in the last strong hold of the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) in Libya.  The defeat of ISIS in Sirte would be a significant development in the war against the group in […]

Libya

In the News

Jul 1, 2016

Eljarh Quoted by Agence France-Presse on Changes in Libya’s Unity Government

By Mohamed Eljarh

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Libya

In the News

Jun 28, 2016

Mezran Featured in The International Spectator for Conspiracism In and Around Libya

By Karim Mezran

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Libya

In the News

Jun 16, 2016

Pham Quoted by Morocco World News on Boko Haram Activity in Libya

By J.Peter Pham

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Libya

New Atlanticist

Jun 14, 2016

Is Libya’s Breakup Imminent?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

War on ISIS may put rival Libyan forces on a collision course, said the Atlantic Council’s Karim Mezran The battle to drive the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham out of the Libyan city of Sirte may have the unintended consequence of putting in proximity forces loyal to the UN-backed unity government in the west […]

Libya

MENASource

May 25, 2016

The Non-Option of Disengagement from the Middle East

By Frederic C. Hof

In 2003 American forces successfully took Baghdad, but without the benefit of a ‘day after’ civil-military stabilization plan. The unintended results: a chaotic occupation, a vicious insurgency, the premature withdrawal of the United States from Iraq in 2011, and the subsequent rise of the Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL, Daesh). This and other disappointments—Libya 2011 (again […]

Iraq Libya

In the News

May 24, 2016

Eljarh Joins KCRW to Discuss US Policy in Libya

By Mohamed Eljarh

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Libya

In the News

May 22, 2016

Pham Quoted by The International Post Magazine on Boko Haram

By J. Peter Pham

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Libya Nigeria

In the News

May 19, 2016

Mezran in The Cipher Brief: Avoid Repeating Mistakes

By Karim Mezran

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Libya

In the News

May 17, 2016

Pham Joins CCTV America to Discuss US Special Operations Outposts in Libya

By J. Peter Pham

Libya

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