By Nick Cunningham
In January, oil prices were melting down, dropping below $30 per barrel. The industry was panicking, slashing spending and jobs, and it was hard to see any evidence of a rebound. Read More
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By Rohan Gunaratna
In 2017, the so-called Islamic State (IS) will decentralise posing a pre-eminent terrorist threat. To deter the international community against continued intervention in its heartland IS will stage attacks worldwide. Read More
The denial of democratic opportunities, the rise of successful violent movements, and the shifting regional and Islamist contexts make it likely that the coming period of Islamist politics will be dominated by non–Muslim Brotherhood organizations. Read More
By Malia Politzer and Emily Kassie
The biggest refugee crisis in recorded history has engulfed continents, swung elections and fueled the rise of nativism. It has also made a lot of people very, very rich. Read More
The Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID) organized a seminar entitled “The Role of Imams and Mosques in Preventing Extremism,” attended by a number of experts in religious affairs to look for the best solution to prevent this phenomenon. Read More
By Zena Tahhan
Libyan officials from the Government of National Accord (GNA) and the Central Bank of Libya are expected to convene in the Italian capital, Rome, to flesh out the details of an agreement aimed at pulling the North African nation out of an economic crisis. Read More
By Marc Lynch
The denial of democratic opportunities, the rise of successful violent movements, and the shifting regional and Islamist contexts make it likely that the coming period of Islamist politics will be dominated by non–Muslim Brotherhood organizations. Read More
IT HAS BEEN a record year for Italy’s coastguard, with nearly 180,000 people rescued in the Mediterranean, longer days than ever before and, despite their efforts, thousands of victims. Read More
By: Suliman Elbayoudi
Before getting into the Libyan profile, we should talk firstly about Aleppo fight, and the important international alliances formed around it by the states that directly or indirectly involved in the Libya conflict. Read More
With price languishing, the cartel surprised many with the first cut since 2008. After a two-year experiment with free markets, the pain of low oil prices forced the world’s biggest producers to join forces in 2016 and tackle a global supply glut. Read More
An interesting comment on the speech of Prince Mohammed El Senussi to the Libyan nation on the 65th anniversary of Libyan Independence. Read More
By Vijay Prashad
Two major Arab cities fell on Tuesday – Aleppo (Syria) to the Syrian Arab Army and Sirte (Libya) to the militia armies of Misrata. One of the common features of these battles is the sheer destruction of the cities. Read More
By Yazid Sayigh
The violence sweeping across the Arab world isn’t a consequence of the Arab Spring, but of decades of dictatorship. Read More
By: Alessandra Bajec
Libya currently has no single, central government, there is no security, oil revenues have halved, and weapons flow out of the country. Read More
By Jason Pack and Rhiannon Smith
Khalifa Haftar’s growing power means an almost certain key role under any new political agreement. The Trump administration and the promise of a new set of geopolitical alliances are on the horizon and even Libya is feeling the winds of change. Read More
By Krzysztof Kokoszczynski
Tackling illegal immigration, security in the Mediterranean and relations with Libya and Tunisia among others will be at the centre of the Maltese EU Presidency during the first half of 2017, Natasha Meli Daudey told EurActiv.pl. Read More
By Malia Politzer and Emily Kassie
The biggest refugee crisis in recorded history has engulfed continents, swung elections and fueled the rise of nativism. Read More
By Reese Erlich
I speak about the Middle East to people of various political persuasions around the US, from leftist college students to conservatives on AM radio talk shows. Read More
By Hesham Shafick
Literature on revolution typically highlights the double-edged consequences of overthrowing established tyrannies. Read More
A year after Libya’s rival governments signed an agreement to unify, eventually leading to the creation of the Government of National Accord, Libya is more fragmented than ever, and clashes between warring militias continue around the country. Read More
By Henry Meyer, Caroline Alexander, and Ghaith Shennib
Haftar seeks key role as Russia hosts him repeatedly in Moscow. U.S. says prime minister is only legitimate leader of Libya. Read More
By Ken Hanly
Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) of the eastern-based House of Representatives (HoR), Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar visited Algeria at the invitation of the Algerian government. Read More
By Malia Politzer and Emily Kassie
The biggest refugee crisis in recorded history has engulfed continents, swung elections and fueled the rise of nativism. Read More
By Mustafa Fetouri
The Libyan Political Accord signed last year in Morocco between Libya’s rival political factions has proven imperfect, but to maintain what progress has been made, any renegotiations must be partial. Read More
By Bob Barr
In Roman ruler Julius Caesar’s account of the Gallic Wars, written in the ancient manuscript Commentarii de Bello Gallico, he describes the principle of “murum aries attigit” – which states that a soon-to-be-conquered city would be offered conditions of surrender by the Romans, but only “before the battering-ram should touch the wall.” Read More
By Abdel Rahman Ali
The Benghazi neighbourhood of Ganfouda is another Allepo in the making as militias and foreign forces have laid siege for months, depriving 130 families of food, water, and medicine. Read More
By Malia Politzer and Emily Kassie
The biggest refugee crisis in recorded history has engulfed continents, swung elections and fueled the rise of nativism. Read More
Libyans have seen rare glimmers of hope in recent months, with an uptick in oil exports and recent reverses inflicted on the jihadists of the Islamic State. Read More
By Terry Glavin
Every tyrant has now learned the Syrian lesson: you can bomb your cities and kill with impunity. How the West failed so horribly. Read More
By Ahmed Ben Mussa
In the wake of recent developments, Libya’s National Oil Corporation now has full control over all its oilfields and export terminals. Read More
By Rana Jawad
Libya is a mess. That is not news to most, but Libyan lives were supposed to have improved by now. Saturday marks exactly a year since the signing of the political agreement brokered by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya. Read More
By Kawthar Guediri
Exactly a hundred years ago, in 1916, expecting the imminent collapse of the Ottoman Empire, and in order to expand their spheres of influence in the Middle East, the United Kingdom and France concluded a secret agreement with the assent of Tsarist Russia. Read More
The failure by regional governments to implement political and economic reforms is seen by most publics in predominantly Muslim Middle Eastern countries as a greater obstacle to peace and stability than foreign interference, Read More
By Dr. Arshad M. Khan
President Obama’s final foreign policy speech at MacDill air force base in Tampa, betrayed its purpose through the venue. The Tampa, Florida, base is home to Special Operations Command and Central Command — Special Operations playing an ever increasing role in counter terrorism. Read More
By Richard Falk
Attaching the label ‘Arab Spring’ to the remarkable events of 2011 already seems quaint, if not a complete misnomer. Read More
By Jason Pack
Libya’s GNA-backed Misrata fighters disposed of IS in Sirte, staking its claim as a politically dominant force in the fractured country. Read More