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The Scramble for Libya: A Globalized Civil War at Tipping Point

Wed. July 8th, 2020
Carnegie Live

In the wake of recent battlefield developments in Libya, regional and global powers are maneuvering for influence and supremacy, with far-reaching implications for Libyan sovereignty, stability, and cohesion. What are the interests and goals of these interveners and what prospects remain for peaceful settlement? How have these states weaponized media narratives to augment their military meddling, and what is the effect both inside Libya and abroad? 

A distinguished panel of scholars will offer insights into Russian, Turkish, Emirati, Egyptian, and French roles, as well as Libyan perspectives on foreign actors.

Dmitri Trenin

Dmitri Trenin is the director of the Carnegie Moscow Center. 

Sinan Ulgen

Sinan Ulgen is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe.

Jalel Harchaoui

Jalel Harchaoui is a research fellow at the Conflict Research Unit of the Clingendael Institute.

Khadeja Ramali

Khadeja Ramali is a Libyan researcher specializing in social media analysis.

Frederic Wehrey

Frederic Wehrey is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Political ReformSecurityMilitaryForeign PolicyMiddle EastTürkiyeNorth AfricaEgyptLibyaUnited Arab EmiratesRussiaWestern EuropeFrance
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event speakers

Dmitri Trenin

Director, Carnegie Moscow Center

Trenin was director of the Carnegie Moscow Center from 2008 to early 2022.

Sinan Ülgen

Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe

Sinan Ülgen is a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe in Brussels, where his research focuses on Turkish foreign policy, transatlantic relations, international trade, economic security, and digital policy.

Jalel Harchaoui

Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).

Jalel Harchaoui is a political scientist specialising in North Africa, with a specific focus on Libya. He worked on the same topics previously at The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime, a Geneva-based NGO, as well as at the Clingendael Institute, based in The Hague. His research has concentrated on Libya’s security landscape and political economy.

Khadeja Ramali

Khadeja Ramali is a Libyan researcher specializing in social media analysis.

Frederic Wehrey

Senior Fellow, Middle East Program

Frederic Wehrey is a senior fellow in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where his research focuses on governance, conflict, and security in Libya, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf.