By Andrew England
Activists and revolutionaries reflect on their struggles for reform in the countries they fought to free.
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By Giorgio Cafiero and Lisa Watanabe
The US has maintained a relatively passive approach to Libya under President Donald Trump, whose administration largely left the Libyan dossier to Egypt, several Arab Gulf states, Turkey, Europeans, and Russia. Read More
Need for Investigation, Accountability
An extrajudicial killing execution is the killing of a person by governmental authorities without the sanction of any judicial proceeding or legal process. They often target political, trade union, dissident, religious and social figures.
By Andrew England
Activists and revolutionaries reflect on their struggles for reform in the countries they fought to free.
By Mohamed Eljarh
This chapter takes stock of six years of failed efforts to bring stability and political reconciliation to Libya, identifying major local actors involved in post-Gaddafi Libya and focussing on the primary internal barriers to stabilization and an effective transition. Read More
By Mohamed Eljarh
This chapter takes stock of six years of failed efforts to bring stability and political reconciliation to Libya, identifying major local actors involved in post-Gaddafi Libya and focussing on the primary internal barriers to stabilization and an effective transition. Read More
Need for Investigation, Accountability
An extrajudicial killing execution is the killing of a person by governmental authorities without the sanction of any judicial proceeding or legal process. They often target political, trade union, dissident, religious and social figures. Read More
By Andrew England
Activists and revolutionaries reflect on their struggles for reform in the countries they fought to free.
By Severin Carrell
The family of the Libyan convicted for the Lockerbie bombing, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, are lodging an appeal to the UK supreme court after Scottish judges threw out a miscarriage of justice case. Read More
By Frederic Wehrey
Restoring and reforming the policing sector has long been regarded as one of the critical tasks of post-conflict reconstruction, essential for service delivery, the promotion of the rule-of-law, and the protection of elected institutions. Read More
By Jalel Harchaoui
Russia has been doing well in Libya — and it likes the fact that few seem to notice it.
By Mohamed Eljarh
This chapter takes stock of six years of failed efforts to bring stability and political reconciliation to Libya, identifying major local actors involved in post-Gaddafi Libya and focussing on the primary internal barriers to stabilization and an effective transition. Read More
By David Linfield
By pushing economic liberalization in the Middle East without requiring transparency and fighting corruption, international donors have allowed the region’s elites to hog power and resources. The result is a combustible mix of anger and disillusionment. Read More
The Middle East and North Africa region is increasingly dominated by non-state armed groups wielding significant military and governance power. European governments need a deeper engagement strategy to draw these powerful actors into inclusive political processes and power-sharing structures that can help stabilise the region. Read More
By Peter Kirechu
There is a U.N. embargo prohibiting arms shipments to Libya, but it is an abject failure. Read More
By Mary Fitzgerald
This research paper shows that Libyan media outlets – particularly television channels, by far the most popular and influential medium – have played a significant role in the civil conflict since 2014.
By Jalel Harchaoui
Russia has been doing well in Libya — and it likes the fact that few seem to notice it.
By Mary Fitzgerald
This research paper shows that Libyan media outlets – particularly television channels, by far the most popular and influential medium – have played a significant role in the civil conflict since 2014.
In the first step of its kind since mid-2014, an official Egyptian delegation arrived in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, on Sunday 27 December 2020. Read More
By Jalel Harchaoui
Russia has been doing well in Libya — and it likes the fact that few seem to notice it.
By Tim Whewell
They were the family from hell. For years, until last summer, the Kani brothers held a small Libyan town in their murderous grip, massacring men, women and children to maintain their authority. Now their crimes are slowly being uncovered. Read More
By Jalel Harchaoui
Russia has been doing well in Libya — and it likes the fact that few seem to notice it.
Hundreds in Tarhouna Reported Missing From 2014 to 2020
Hundreds of residents of the Libyan town Tarhouna were abducted or reported missing between 2014 and 2020, Human Rights Watch said today. Read More
(This article was first published on February 20, 2018. We decided to republish it for its importance and relavence today)
By Deborah K. Jones
Libyans must decide whether they will make the necessary compromises that will enable them to form that government and exercise sovereignty over their state.
By Mary Fitzgerald
This research paper shows that Libyan media outlets – particularly television channels, by far the most popular and influential medium – have played a significant role in the civil conflict since 2014.
By Abdulkader Assad
The all-independent and boss of many an armed group in Libya – in Misurata and Tripoli to name a few – Fathi Bashagha: the Interior Minister of the Government of National Accord (GNA) is probably the man who is drifting France and Egypt’s support from Khalifa Haftar toward himself. Read More
From the very beginning, foreign powers, whether regional or international, interacted with domestic forces and played a major role in determining the fate of Arab uprisings. Read More
(This article was first published on February 20, 2018. We decided to republish it for its importance and relevance today)
By Deborah K. Jones
Libyans must decide whether they will make the necessary compromises that will enable them to form that government and exercise sovereignty over their state.
By Mary Fitzgerald
This research paper shows that Libyan media outlets – particularly television channels, by far the most popular and influential medium – have played a significant role in the civil conflict since 2014.
By Mary Fitzgerald
This research paper shows that Libyan media outlets – particularly television channels, by far the most popular and influential medium – have played a significant role in the civil conflict since 2014.
By Patrick Wintour
Move part of diplomatic reboot of efforts to cajole opposing sides into forming national unity government. Read More
By Ibrahim Moiz
The Middle Eastern uprisings of the 2010s promised great hope and change in state-society relations. But the interference of foreign powers, insufficient organization within the uprisings, and an unhelpful international climate have enabled many states to reassert their power over society. Read More
Preliminary Theoretical and Empirical Deliberation
By Philipp O. Amour
The purpose of this section is to sum up the concept of revolution and to distinguish a revolution from different forms of social disturbances.
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By Mary Fitzgerald
This research paper shows that Libyan media outlets – particularly television channels, by far the most popular and influential medium – have played a significant role in the civil conflict since 2014. Read More
Fezzan is a highly strategic region in Libya because of its petroleum resources. Read More
By Andrea Backhaus
Libya is disintegrating into chaos and lawlessness. Women who stand up to those in charge of the country end up fearing for their lives, even though it is these very women who could bring stability to the country.
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