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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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MENASource

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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In the News

Feb 25, 2016

Hellyer Quoted by Think Progress on ISIS Presence in Libya

By H.A. Hellyer

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MENASource

Feb 22, 2016

Libya and the West: Intervention without a Cause?

By Karim Mezran and Arturo Varvelli

The premise at the base of any armed intervention is to have a clear political aim. An intervention, therefore, must be assessed in terms of modalities and opportunities—an obvious yet often neglected principle. US, Italian, French, and British spokespersons over the last few weeks expressed a desire to intervene in Libya. The two main reasons […]

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In the News

Feb 20, 2016

Mezran Quoted by NYSE Post on US Airstrikes Against ISIS in Libya

By Karim Mezran

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New Atlanticist

Feb 19, 2016

US Airstrikes in Libya May Produce an Anti-Western Backlash

By Ashish Kumar Sen

International community must focus on restoring stability to Libya, says Atlantic Council’s Karim Mezran US airstrikes that are neither invited by the Libyan authorities nor coordinated with Libyan armed forces may produce a dangerous backlash against the West, according to the Atlantic Council’s Karim Mezran. US warplanes conducted airstrikes on an Islamic State of Iraq […]

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In the News

Feb 19, 2016

Eljarh Quoted by The Cipher Brief on ISIS Opportunities in Libya

By Mohamed Eljarh

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In the News

Feb 19, 2016

Mezran Quoted by Air Force Times on Libyan Government

By Karim Mezran

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In the News

Feb 19, 2016

Mezran Quoted by Nano News on US Airstrikes in Libya

By Karim Mezran

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In the News

Feb 19, 2016

Mezran Quoted by Foreign Policy on ISIS’s Presence in Libya and Potential to Spread

By Karim Mezran

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