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Aug 15, 2014

Pickard: President Obama Can Still Help Libya

By Duncan Pickard

Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Duncan Pickard cowrites for the Washington Post on what the United States can do to help the situation in Libya:

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Aug 13, 2014

Radwan on Remittances to Egypt

By Tarek Radwan

The Global Post quotes Rafik Hariri Center Associate Director Tarek Radwan on remittances to Egypt from Libya:

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Aug 8, 2014

Eljarh: A Parliament Without a Country?

By Mohamed Eljarh

Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Mohamed Eljarh writes for Foreign Policy on ongoing fighting in Libya:

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Aug 7, 2014

Slavin and Mezran on Libyan Presidential Candidate Meetings in Washington

By Karim Mezran, Barbara Slavin

Rafik Hariri Center Senior Fellow Karim Mezran is quoted in Al-Monitor by South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin on Libyan interim Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni’s recent meetings with Obama administration officials in Washington:

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Aug 1, 2014

Five Long-Term Challenges for NATO Beyond the Ukraine Crisis

By Karl-Heinz Kamp, NATO Defense College

NATO needs to find consensus on at least five questions which go far beyond the current crisis in Ukraine.

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MENASource

Aug 1, 2014

Not Too Late To Save Libya

By Richard Northern and Jason Pack

Libyans, who experienced such high hopes after their country’s liberation in 2011, now face escalating violence and a growing humanitarian crisis in Benghazi and Tripoli. Many are fleeing. The implications may be as serious as the conflict in Gaza. Yet there is no concerted effort to mediate a ceasefire.

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MENASource

Aug 1, 2014

Libya’s Downward Spiral

Libya stands today at the precipice as inter-militia fighting threatens to derail an already fragile transition in a tumultuous region.

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Jul 31, 2014

Mezran: Clashes [in Libya] Could Become an “All-Out Armed Confrontation”

By Karim Mezran

The Christian Science Monitor quotes Rafik Hariri Center Senior Fellow Karim Mezran on how the ongoing battle between rival militias in Libya affects the country’s democratic aspirations: 

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Jul 31, 2014

Mezran on the Battle Between Militias in Libya

By Karim Mezran

Rafik Hariri Center Senior Fellow Karim Mezran writes for Al Jazeera English on the ongoing violence in Libya:

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Jul 31, 2014

Mezran: Don’t Abandon Libya

By Karim Mezran

Rafik Hariri Center Senior Fellow Karim Mezran writes for the New York Times on why representatives of the international community should not abandon Libya: 

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