Secretary Rice's Trip to Libya

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Secretary Rice's Trip to Libya

Carnegie's Michele Dunne discusses the progress in U.S.-Libyan relations and the events that led to Secretary Rice's visit to Libya, the first for a U.S. Secretary of State since 1953.

By Michele Dunne

Published on Sep 8, 2008

Source: Washington Journal

Carnegie's Michele Dunne discusses the political and economic implications of U.S. Secretary Rice's trip to Libya on C-Span's Washington Journal. In what Dunne describes as "something of a victory lap" for Secretary Rice, she describes the visit as a culmination of years of improvement in U.S.-Libyan relations, which has seen Libya end its imvolvement in terrorism, compensate the families of victims of Libyan terorrism and give up its nuclear weapons.

Click here to view the broadcast.

About the Author

Michele Dunne

Former Nonresident Scholar, Middle East Program

Michele Dunne was a nonresident scholar in Carnegie’s Middle East Program, where her research focuses on political and economic change in Arab countries, particularly Egypt, as well as U.S. policy in the Middle East.

Recent Work

Research
Islamic Institutions in Arab States: Mapping the Dynamics of Control, Co-option, and Contention
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  Yasmine Farouk, Nathan J. Brown, Maysaa Shuja Al-Deen, …
Research
From Hardware to Holism: Rebalancing America’s Security Engagement With Arab States
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  Robert Springborg, Emile Hokayem, Becca Wasser, …

Political Reform Foreign Policy North Africa Libya

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