Libya

Mezran: Solving Libya’s ISIS Problem

By Karim Mezran

Rafik Hariri Center Senior Fellow Karim Mezran cowrites for the New York Times on ISIS in Libya and the UN Security Council’s vote to extend the fight against ISIS to Libya:

Al-Ghwell: What Will the United States and Europe do When the Dialogue on Libya Fails?

By Hafed Al-Ghwell

Rafik Hariri Nonresident Senior Fellow Hafed Al-Ghwell writes for Gulf News on why the United Nations dialogue on Libya will fail:

Opinion: A Fourth Arab Country Melts Down

By Barbara Slavin

Reports on Wednesday that the president of Yemen has fled his country underline the latest crisis to strike the state system in the Middle East. Three other Arab nations – Libya, Syria and Iraq – are already fractured among religious, ethnic and tribal groups, with fighting exacerbated by outsiders bankrolling and arming proxies.

Eljarh on the Libyan Unity Government Plan

By Mohamed Eljarh

Financial Times quotes Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Mohamed Eljarh on the UN envoy to Libya’s unity government plan:

Al-Ghwell: More Stick, Less Carrot Needed in Libya

Rafik Hariri Nonresident Senior Fellow Hafed Al-Ghwell writes for Al Jazeera on the need to implement sanctions against Libyan war criminals: