Middle East

Pavia in Haaretz: An increasingly dictatorial, antisemitic president threatens Tunisia’s Jews

By Atlantic Council

Middle East North Africa

In the News

Panikoff quoted in Financial Times on EU and US efforts to prevent regional war in the Middle East following Israeli assassinations

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Crisis Management

In the News

Panikoff quoted in Middle East Eye on chaos after Haniyeh killing

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Crisis Management

In the News

Citrinowicz quoted in the New York Post on Russia’s warning after death of Hamas leader

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Crisis Management

Podcast

‘I was a Blackwater mercenary in Iraq’

By Alia Brahimi

Host Alia Brahimi is joined by former Blackwater contractor Morgan Lerette to reflect on Loretta's experience a private military contractor in Iraq.

Conflict Defense Industry

Report

After 2011, the United States stayed on the sidelines—to Libya’s detriment

By Ben Fishman

When reflecting over the last decade of the US policy, especially in the Trump and Biden administrations, three consistent trends emerge: insufficient support for the UN political process to restore legitimacy to Libya’s political; leadership, repeated appeals to eastern warlord and head of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Khalifa Haftar to participate in a political process; and most consequentially for the United States, a seeming lack of attention to Russia’s increased presence in Libya.

Conflict Libya

Report

Libya is the crucial hub for Moscow’s activities in Africa

By Chiara Lovotti, Alissa Pavia

Over the past decade, Russia’s involvement in Libya is evidence of its realization that it could transition from a marginal power to a significant competitor in the country, and thus in the broader Middle East and North Africa.

Conflict Middle East

Report

After anti-migration efforts shrank its influence, Rome needs a new Libya policy

By Karim Mezran, Aldo Liga

It has been more than thirteen years since the outbreak of the 2011 Libyan revolution and the moment when Italy reluctantly supported the NATO-led intervention that imposed a no-fly zone over Libya purportedly to protect the population from Muammar Gaddafi’s retaliation.

Italy Libya

Report

Benghazi is a major stumbling block for national reconciliation efforts

By Mary Fitzgerald

In May 2014 Libyan General Khalifa Haftar launched a then-unauthorized military operation from Benghazi, Libya’s second city. The operation, which Haftar named Karama, or Dignity, was centered on but not limited to Benghazi; its declared aim was to eradicate what Haftar and his associates described as terrorism. However, it prompted a swell of armed opposition from those who suspected it was a pretext for the septuagenarian general’s ambition to rule Libya.

Conflict Libya

Report

Nonresident Senior Fellow, N7 Initiative

Internationalized kleptocracy is on the rise in Libya

By Oliver Windridge

On April 16, 2024, UN Special Representative for Libya Abdoulaye Bathily announced he would resign, citing a “lack of political will and good faith” among Libyan leaders. Few would disagree with his diagnosis that the vested interests of Libyan leaders have created a roadblock for progress.

Conflict Libya

Experts

Fellow

Bachir Ismael Ouedraogo

Program Assistant, Strategic Litigation Project

Africa Energy & Environment

Staff

Kate Springs

Nonresident Senior Fellow, N7 Initiative

Human Rights International Norms

Expert bio

Newton Howard

Nonresident senior fellow

Artificial Intelligence English

Fellow

Hany Ghanem

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

Americas Arabic

Fellow

Thomas Storch

Distinguished fellow, N7 Initiative

Nonresident senior fellow, N7 Initiative

Economy & Business Energy Markets & Governance

Fellow

Len Khodorkovsky