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Oct 2, 2015

What if Libya’s Political Dialogue Fails?

By Mohamed Eljarh

The Libyan political dialogue process has missed yet another crucial deadline—September 20 was supposed to be the date when Libyan stakeholders should have agreed to a final deal.

Libya

In the News

Oct 1, 2015

Mezran on the European Union and Libya

By Karim Mezran

POLITICO quotes Rafik Hariri Center Resident Senior Fellow Karim Mezran on EU efforts to assist Libya:

Libya

MENASource

Sep 29, 2015

Libya’s Only Viable Option

By Karim Mezran

Libya’s UN Special Envoy Bernardino Leon announced on September 21 that the text of the UN agreement for a unity government based on Libya’s political dialogue is final and closed to revisions. It is now up to the parties to accept or reject the proposal.

Libya

In the News

Sep 29, 2015

Mezran on Libya After Qaddafi

By Karim Mezran

PBS quotes Rafik Hariri Center Resident Senior Fellow Karim Mezran on life in Libya after the overthrow of Muammar Qaddafi:

Libya

EconoGraphics

Sep 22, 2015

Migrant Flows and the Future of Europe

By Global Business and Economics

As Europe confronts the migrant crisis, much of the current coverage remains fixed on short run trends, but in order to have a comprehensive perspective it is necessary to project these trends into the future. In spite of commonly held concerns of migrants' effect on European identity, many of these nations' birthrates and outflows of migrants will actually be higher than their intake of migrants. Negative flows of migrants could further weaken pension plans, as aging European populations struggle to balance social welfare models with demographic realities.

Afghanistan Economy & Business

MENASource

Sep 13, 2015

Libya’s Political Agreement: What’s Next?

By Azza K. Maghur

At a modest gathering in July in Skhirat, Morocco, Libyan dialogue participants initialed a long negotiated United Nations Support Mission in Libya’s (UNSMIL) facilitated political agreement. Not present at the gathering was the dialogue team representing the General National Congress (GNC)—the political body that reinstated its authority after the Libya Dawn militias took control of […]

Libya

New Atlanticist

Sep 3, 2015

Europe Grapples with the Migrant Question

By Ashish Kumar Sen

As war and poverty fuel surge in migration, Europe debates immigration, integration, and identity As the world faces its biggest migrant crisis since World War II, governments across Europe are struggling to find a solution to a situation that is as much about integration and identity as it is about immigration. The European Union (EU) […]

Africa European Union

In the News

Aug 17, 2015

Al-Ghwell on Airstrikes in Libya

By Hafed Al-Ghwell

Radio France Internationale quotes Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Hafed Al-Ghwell on the effectiveness of airstrikes on ISIS-controlled positions in Libya: 

Libya

New Atlanticist

Aug 13, 2015

Combating Inaction in Europe’s Migrant ‘Crisis’

By Alexa Lipke

The tragedy on August 6, when hundreds of migrants drowned after their boat capsized off the coast of Libya, is eerily familiar. It parallels the story of the 800 deaths in April that brought the migrant crisis to the forefront of the political debate in Europe. While media and public interest has ebbed and flowed […]

Europe & Eurasia European Union

MENASource

Aug 12, 2015

Libya: Half an Agreement is Better than No Agreement

By Karim Mezran

The situation in Libya has reached a point of utmost gravity. The suffering of the population and the instability resulting from the actions of rival militias, terrorist groups, and criminal organizations have rendered the situation unsustainable.

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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

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Arabic Economy & Business
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Emily Milliken

Associate Director, Media and Communications, N7 Initiative

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

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Brian O’Toole

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Economic Statecraft Initiative GeoEconomics Center

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