Adapting to the New Libya
Libya’s escalating war is changing political realities, necessitating a new framework for conflict resolution and power sharing.
Libya’s escalating war is changing political realities, necessitating a new framework for conflict resolution and power sharing.
Ghassan Salamé’s action plan for Libya faces numerous obstacles from entrenched political elites, who see it as just another venue in which to seek personal gain.
Russia’s support for Khalifa Haftar in the name of countering terrorism could instead escalate Libya’s conflict and undermine the UN-sponsored political process.
Libyans and their international partners can unite against the Islamic State, but external political and military engineering is undermining the prerequisite nation building.
New General National Congress elections will not solve the fundamental and structural flaws in Libya’s transitional system.
The transitional period has been viewed locally as a zero-sum political re-positioning where each region and group must assert itself to secure developmental rights.