By Tankut Öztaş & Ferhat Polat
The report will provide an analysis of the multilayered dynamics underpinning Turkish – Libyan relations from economic, political and security perspectives.
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By Jason Pack
This paper argues that peace in Libya can be achieved via a Libyan-led International Financial Commission empowered with the tools to compel transparency and reform Libya’s institutions and dysfunctional incentive structure.
By Tankut Öztaş & Ferhat Polat
The report will provide an analysis of the multilayered dynamics underpinning Turkish – Libyan relations from economic, political and security perspectives.
By Karim Mezran & Emily Burchfield
On April 4, 2019, troops led by Khalifa Haftar, a former general of Qaddafi who now contests the authority of the UN-sponsored Government of National Accord (GNA) seated in Tripoli, launched an attack against the Libyan capital. Read More
By Tankut Oztas
Many observers in Libya are wary of the Madkhali groups, which are primarily advancing and prioritizing Saudi Arabia’s political and security interests. Read More
By Jason Pack
This paper argues that peace in Libya can be achieved via a Libyan-led International Financial Commission empowered with the tools to compel transparency and reform Libya’s institutions and dysfunctional incentive structure.
By Mustafa Gurbuz
Turkey’s preparations to deploy troops in Libya to buttress the United Nations-supported Government of National Accord (GNA) against General Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) have sent shockwaves in all directions. Read More
By Ben Fishman
After the fall of Sirte, Erdogan and Putin’s desired ceasefire can only be achieved with Washington’s support. Read More
By Semih Idiz
Turkey’s burgeoning economic ties with Russia were on parade again during President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Istanbul on Jan. 8 to launch the TurkStream natural gas pipeline connecting the two countries. Read More
On 2 January 2020, the Turkish Parliament approved a draft resolution to send troops to Libya in support of the internationally recognized Government of National Accord in Tripoli, permitting the Turkish government to initially determine the scope of its deployment. Read More
By Elena Teslova
Russian experts say Russian, Turkish efforts to stop conflict in Libya can succeed, considering peacemaking experience in Syria. Read More
By Jason Pack
This paper argues that peace in Libya can be achieved via a Libyan-led International Financial Commission empowered with the tools to compel transparency and reform Libya’s institutions and dysfunctional incentive structure.
By Ramy Allahoum
Al Jazeera takes a look at the foreign actors invested in the Libyan conflict and who they are siding with. Read More
By Burhanettin Duran
Turkish Parliament on Thursday authorized President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his administration’s plans to deploy troops to Libya. Read More
By Mary LaRue
Connections of Al Shaab Stud, the largest Thoroughbred breeder in Libya, were left reeling Jan. 5 in the wake of a ruthless attack by armed militia the day before. Read More
Countering Warlords, Foreign Meddlers, and Economic Malaise
By Frederic Wehrey & Jalel Harchaoui
In April 2019, Khalifa Haftar, the militia commander whose forces control much of eastern Libya, began an assault on the capital, Tripoli, in an effort to topple the country’s internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA). Read More
By Amberin Zaman
Ankara and Moscow have called on the warring parties in Libya to reach a cease-fire agreement by midnight Jan. 12. Read More
By Maria Tsvetkova
A St. Petersburg clinic that is run and partly owned by people with ties to President Vladimir Putin has provided medical treatment to Russian mercenaries injured abroad. Read More
By Yavuz Baydar
The new year began with a bang. The drone attack that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, commander of Quds Force. Read More
By Nicholas Morgan
On Jan. 2, Turkey’s Grand National Assembly approved a bill allowing for the deployment of Turkish troops to Libya after the Tripoli government activated a recently concluded security pact signed with Ankara last month. Read More
By Nebahat Tanriverdi Yasar
Turkey’s expansion of its range in central Mediterranean toward Libya is leading to geopolitical transformations in region. Read More
By Clotilde Asangna
This essay offers a basic framework for analyzing Libyan democratization by looking at the deficit of a modern (post-modern) political transition élite and the potential of civil society.
A recent deal agreed with Tripoli and a decision to deploy forces in Libya show that Ankara aims to develop an understanding between warring factions in the country, creating a deterrent against the powers of instability. Read More
By Carlotta Gall
A new wrinkle in the battle for an oil-rich country, and a signal from President Erdogan that Turkey aims to be a power broker in a volatile region. Read More
By Kirill Semenov
Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to Istanbul Jan. 8. Putin’s visit is officially dedicated to the launch of the Turk Stream natural gas pipeline, which extends from Russia to Turkey, but Putin will also discuss with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan bilateral economic and military cooperation, as well as Syria and Libya. Read More
By Clotilde Asangna
This essay offers a basic framework for analyzing Libyan democratization by looking at the deficit of a modern (post-modern) political transition élite and the potential of civil society.
By Roger Boyes
President Erdogan wants to extend Ankara’s influence in the Mediterranean despite the risks. Read More
By Jonathan Marcus
Turkey’s parliament has passed a bill that will allow the government to deploy troops to Libya to intervene in the civil war. Turkish lawmakers passed the bill on Thursday, with 325 in favour to 184 against. Read More
By Clotilde Asangna
This essay offers a basic framework for analyzing Libyan democratization by looking at the deficit of a modern (post-modern) political transition élite and the potential of civil society.
Global refugee flows are currently at the highest levels in history. While many refugees already face perilous journeys, harsh living conditions in camps, and discrimination in host countries, they are also at risk of a human rights violation too often insufficiently addressed in security and conflict prevention efforts: human trafficking. Read More
By Feride Cem
With projects worth $28.9 billion, Libya has been the third country where Turkish contractors undertook the most number of projects to date although a majority of them have not been completed due to internal turmoil in the country. Read More
By Metin Gurcan
Following President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s pledges to help the Tripoli-based government in Libya’s civil war, military strategists in Ankara have been pondering the deployment of soldiers to Libya. Read More
By Nabih Bulos
Libya’s civil war has long had an international flavor, with no fewer than 10 countries engaged in proxy battles waged by special forces operatives, mercenaries and millions of dollars of materiel. Read More
By Rhiannon Smith
Civil war endangers the state-owned oil company’s ability to maintain crude production and threatens the collapse of the entire sector. Read More
On 27 November 2019, the Libyan Government of National Unity signed a memorandum of understanding with Turkey on Mediterranean maritime sovereignty. Read More
By Yamena Salemi
After the ouster and death of Gaddafi in 2011, two seats of power emerged in Libya. Read More