Libya

Ashford publishes book Oil, the State and War: The Foreign Policies of Petrostates

By Atlantic Council

On June 1, Emma Ashford’s book Oil, the State and War: The Foreign Policies of Petrostates was published by Georgetown University Press. The book challenges prevailing understandings of the international implications of oil wealth and shows why it can create bad actors. In a world where oil-rich states are more likely to start war than their oil-dependent counterparts, […]

Badi quoted in Al-Monitor on why Libya has responded to rising food prices with oil plant blockades

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Badi quoted in The New Arab on Russia’s deployment of Libya-based Wagner Group mercenaries to Ukraine

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Mezran and Melcangi in the Italian Journal of International Affairs: “Truly a Proxy War? Militias, Institutions, and External Actors in Libya between Limited Statehood and Rentier State”

By Atlantic Council

Badi quoted in the Financial Times on Russia’s removal of Syrian and Wagner Group troops from Libya

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Mezran quoted in Formiche on the role of Operation Irini in Libya peace efforts amidst political instability

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Mezran quoted in The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington on Libya’s presidential crisis and democratic backsliding

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Melcangi quoted in International Policy Digest on Egypt’s relations with Libya and domestic policy challenges

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