Libya

With its proximity to Europe, its significant oil reserves, and its strategic importance to the stability of the North Africa region, the ongoing turmoil in Libya is a concern for the United States and its allies. Rival factions serving as proxies to competing regional powers continue to destabilize the country and hamper any national dialogue efforts. The role of the United States and Europe will be essential in encouraging dialogue, supporting the arms embargo, and contributing to any post-war economic revitalization plan.

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Event Recap

Nov 9, 2011

Ripples across the sands: The impact of the fall of Gaddafi on security in the Maghreb and Sahel

By Africa Center

The Michael S. Ansari Africa Center hosted a panel discussion, “Ripples Across the Sands: The Impact of the Fall of Gaddafi on Security in the Maghreb and Sahel,” featuring remarks by Geoff D. Porter, President, North Africa Risk Consulting, Inc.; Fadel Lamen, President, American Libyan Council; Roger J. Peña, Senior Legislative Assistant for Defense and […]

Libya Sahel
Towards Regional Security Cooperation in North and West Africa: Mali, Mauritania, and Niger

Event Recap

Nov 8, 2011

Towards regional security cooperation in North and West Africa: Mali, Mauritania, and Niger

By Africa Center

On Tuesday, November 8th, the Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center hosted a luncheon roundtable. The discussion, moderated by Center director J. Peter Pham, featured remarks from H.E. Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Mali; H.E. Aminata Djibrilla Maïga Touré, Counselor to the Foreign Minister of […]

Libya North & West Africa

Event Recap

Nov 4, 2011

After The Arab Spring: The Uphill Struggle for Democracy

By Jason Harmala

On November 4, Freedom House and the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East hosted the release of the 2011 edition of Countries at the Crossroads, a new report from Freedom House, with an expert discussion that, among other things, examined what reform success should look like in these countries a year after the onset […]

Libya Middle East

Event Recap

Nov 4, 2011

An Irreplaceable Alliance: The Impact of the Libya Mission on NATO

By James Joyner

On Monday, November 7, the Atlantic Council hosted a discussion with the US Ambassador to NATO, Ivo H. Daalder.

Libya NATO

New Atlanticist

Oct 20, 2011

Post-Gaddafi Era Made Permanent

By James Joyner

Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi was killed earlier today marking, as President Obama put it, “the end of a long, painful period for the Libyan people.” His death raises several interesting questions.

Libya

Event Recap

Sep 23, 2011

From North Korea to South Sudan: The Path of Crisis and the European Response

By Jason Harmala

On September 23, the Atlantic Council’s Transatlantic Relations Program hosted a conversation with Kristalina Georgieva, EU Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response. The Commissioner discussed the EU’s role in disaster response and the current challenges faced by her office. As Commissioner, she has overseen the EU response to humanitarian crises such as […]

East Africa European Union

New Atlanticist

Sep 22, 2011

The Arab Spring: Libya and Syria

By Don Snow

Libya and Syria have become the poster children for the varied impacts that the so-called Arab Spring have had on the Islamic Middle East. They are not the most important countries to have undergone changes (Egypt, the outcome of whose upheaval remains a work in progress, can claim that distinction), but they do represent the […]

Libya Syria

Event Recap

Sep 13, 2011

Roundtable with Ambassador Gene Cretz on Building Civil Society and Democracy in Libya

By Adrienne Chuck

On September 13, the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East hosted a small group of leading development experts and human rights practitioners working on Libya for an off-the-record roundtable discussion with US Ambassador to Libya Gene Cretz to discuss how best to help build civil society and democracy in Libya at this pivotal stage […]

Libya United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Sep 2, 2011

Global Con?

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

Were the United States, France, Britain, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates — the NATO-led coalition that set out to overthrow Col. Moammar Gadhafi’s regime — snookered by al-Qaida? A preposterous scenario with some disturbing factual elements. In the early 1990s, when James Woolsey was the director of the CIA, Gadhafi appealed […]

Europe & Eurasia Libya

Issue Brief

Sep 1, 2011

Learning from Libya: The right lessons for NATO

By Damon M. Wilson

“While NATO’s ‘Operation Unified Protector’ has revealed strains within the Alliance and foreshadows future challenges, the Libya operation is a great success.”  That is the conclusion of Atlantic Council Executive Vice President Damon Wilson in his Strategic Advisors Group issue brief, released as leaders of the Transitional National Council meet today in Paris with leading […]

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Experts

Fellow

Alia Brahimi

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Arabic Civil Society

Fellow

Nicholas Hopton

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Europe & Eurasia Iran
Josh Kirshner is a nonresident senior fellow in the GeoStrategy Initiative at the Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security.

Fellow

Josh Kirshner

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoStrategy Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Arms Control Defense Policy

Fellow

Alessia Melcangi

Nonresident Senior Fellow, North Africa Program

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Civil Society English

Staff

Karim Mezran

Director, Resident Senior Fellow, North Africa Initiative

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Arabic Economy & Business

Fellow

Brian O’Toole

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Economic Statecraft Initiative GeoEconomics Center

Cuba Economy & Business
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