By Karim Mezran & Dario Cristiani There could be a political solution to the Libyan crisis but only after a military solution on the ground has been achieved.
Analyses
Libya: how regional rivalries fuel the civil war
By Andrew England With two factions fighting over Tripoli, the country is grasping for a solution to a proxy war featuring...
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How Libya Impacts North Africa
By Francis Ghilès & Akram Kharief The power games being played in Libya complicate any possible solution to the crisis.
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By Ferhat Polat Today, Libya is fragmented and polarized, mired in instability and insecurity. As a result, Libya is lacking a unified, representative and legitimate government able to exercise authority throughout the country and hold a...
By Ferhat Polat Today, Libya is fragmented and polarized, mired in instability and insecurity. As a result, Libya is lacking a unified, representative and legitimate government able to exercise authority throughout the country and hold a...
By Ferhat Polat Today, Libya is fragmented and polarized, mired in instability and insecurity. As a result, Libya is lacking a unified, representative and legitimate government able to exercise authority throughout the country and hold a...
By Ali Bensaad France, Russia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Qatar · Several foreign powers have contributed to the deterioration of the situation in Libya.
The war in Libya is at risk of escalating into a full-fledged proxy war.
By Omar Khalaf Why Egypt should rethink its plans, move away from the political schemes with Turkey, and return to the position of the mediating party to reach a settlement of the Libyan crisis?
By Mustafa Dalaa & Enes Canli Military leaders sought on charges of war crimes, militia groups accused of genocide fighting on Khalifa Haftar’s side.
By Tom Pollitt Libya’s internal crisis continues to devastate the country and the wider region. The resulting “migrant crisis” is really a moral crisis, as European governments that have contributed massively to Libya’s destruction...
By Frederic Wehrey Support from the Emirates, Russia and the US is empowering the military strongman and worsening Libyans’ suffering. In Abu Grein, on Libya’s frontline, the militiamen’s scars read like a rollcall of the wars that have...
By Barbara Bibbo Meeting fell short of putting Haftar in his place, as fears rise that Libya’s destiny – like Syria’s – would be decided by foreign powers.
By Nathan Toronto Egypt has no choice but to hope that its short-term wagers in Libya pay off down the road.
The north African country’s population have suffered years of turmoil, fuelled by the meddling of outside players. The civil war may yet escalate.
By Emadeddin Badi The Berlin summit failed to put pressure on states intervening in Libya. Instead, it risks to further internationalise the conflict.
By Tim Eaton A new effort to manage the economy, one that brings together both sides of the war with international partners, is an essential step forward.
By Mahmoud Gamal Since Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi came to power in Egypt after the military coup that he led against the first elected civilian president, Dr. Mohamed Morsi, on July 3, 2013, he has been working to change the doctrine of the Egyptian...
By Jeffrey Feltman Berlin Conference on Libya, in explicitly excluding Libyan participation, violated the 2012 United Nations Guidance for Effective Mediation and its insistence on “inclusivity” and “national ownership” as fundamental...
European Council on Forign relations (ECFR)’s national offices explore whether the conference marks a fresh beginning for Europe’s engagement with war-torn Libya.