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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Mar 11, 2016

Mezran Quoted by Stars and Stripes on ISIS’s Strategy in Libya

By Karim Mezran

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President Barack Obama, Nov. 18, 2011

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Mar 10, 2016

Obama Unhappy with Allies, Upset at Free Riders

By Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic

“Free riders aggravate me,” he [President Barack Obama] told me.

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MENASource

Mar 8, 2016

Libya at Another Crossroads

By Mohamed Eljarh

The UN Security Council (UNSC) held a session on March 2 to discuss the situation in Libya, where the UN special envoy to Libya Martin Kobler briefed the Council on the latest political, security, and humanitarian developments in Libya. The session comes as the prospects for success of the UN-led peace continue to diminish due to […]

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In the News

Mar 6, 2016

Mezran Quoted by IBT on the Exaggerated Number of Jihadists in Libya

By Karim Mezran

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In the News

Mar 5, 2016

Mezran Quoted by Affaritaliani on Intervention in Libya

By Karim Mezran

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In the News

Mar 5, 2016

Mezran Quoted by Corriere della Sera on the Dangers of Armed Intervention in Libya

By Karim Mezran

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In the News

Mar 5, 2016

Al-Ghwell Quoted by IBT on the Consequences of a Potential Intervention of Western Nations in Libya

By Hafed al-Ghwell

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In the News

Mar 5, 2016

Mezran Quoted by The Telegraph on the Number of Jihadists in Libya

By Karim Mezran

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MENASource

Mar 3, 2016

Libya’s Draft Constitution: Compromise or Compromised?

By Ronald Bruce St John

The Constitutional Drafting Assembly (CDA) was elected in February 2014 with a mandate to draft a constitution to replace the Draft Constitutional Charter for the Transitional Stage, released in August 2011. It took the CDA eight months to produce a first draft and another four months to produce a second, with the latter containing important […]

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Feb 25, 2016

Libya: Thinking the Unthinkable

By Karim Mezran

Observers and commentators have floated many ideas on how best to support the Government of National Accord (GNA) born out of 18 months of UN-led negotiations. They range from advice to Western nations on how to implement an international stabilization force to provide security for the new government in Tripoli to strongly discouraging any foreign […]

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