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Jul 30, 2024 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Oliver Windridge |Mary Fitzgerald |Karim Mezran |Aldo Liga
A decade has passed since the last elections were held in Libya, and the country remains mired in a stalemate and deeply divided. Despite several attempts led by the United Nations to stabilize the country, competing centers of power have failed to agree on new elections and a transition to peace.
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Jul 30, 2024 | atlanticcouncil.org | Oliver Windridge |Mary Fitzgerald |Karim Mezran |Aldo Liga
A decade has passed since the last elections were held in Libya, and the country remains mired in a stalemate and deeply divided. Despite several attempts led by the United Nations to stabilize the country, competing centers of power have failed to agree on new elections and a transition to peace.
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May 3, 2024 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Karim Mezran
Democratic Transitions Economy & Business International Organizations Libya Middle East North Africa Politics & Diplomacy Resilience & Society United Nations The UN Libya envoy’s resignation shows why the political transition is failing The most recent United Nations (UN) special envoy for Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, resigned on April 16, announcing his decision to the press shortly after reporting it to the Security Council. He had been appointed to the post only eighteen months prior, in...
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Karim Mezran
Crisis Management Democratic Transitions Libya Middle East North Africa Politics & Diplomacy Security & Defense An Iron Curtain may fall again—this time in Libya Libya is still divided between two governments: the Government of National Accord (GNA) headed by Abdul Hamid Dbeibah in Tripoli and a government in Benghazi supported by the warlord Khalifa Haftar. Western countries seem to accept this status quo in Libya favored by the new post-Muammar Gaddafi elites. As long as no Western nation...
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Jan 31, 2024 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Paolo Messa |Karim Mezran
Economy & Business Geopolitics & Energy Security International Organizations Italy Politics & Diplomacy Italy’s G7 presidency can be a breakthrough for the ‘West’ and the ‘Rest’ As it begins its Group of Seven (G7) presidency, Italy has an opportunity to leverage its unique historical and cultural perspective to act as a bridge-builder between the “West” and the “Rest” of the world. Indeed, it must do so, because a more inclusive and collaborative approach between these two blocs has become...
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Jan 23, 2024 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Karim Mezran |Nicola Pedde |Holly Dagres
Middle East North Africa Politics & Diplomacy Resilience & Society Security & Defense The escalation no country in the Middle East wants but still pushes toward US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has returned from a fourth visit to the Middle East with the clear objective of preventing regional escalation from the Israel-Hamas war. This concern is shared by all countries in the region, who, for various reasons, understand how the evolution of current tensions into a wider conflict could...
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Nov 13, 2023 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Karim Mezran |Holly Dagres
Conflict Libya Middle East Morocco North Africa Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Politics & Diplomacy Security & Defense On a knife’s edge: How the conflict in Gaza could tip the scales in North Africa In today’s ever-shifting global landscape, the world’s attention is squarely focused on the war between Israel and Hamas, which raises concerns about a potential spillover in the Middle East. However, the evolution of political and economic developments in North Africa deserves its share of...
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Oct 18, 2023 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | David Daoud |Kirsten Fontenrose |Karim Mezran |R. Clarke Cooper
New Atlanticist Oct 27, 2023 Experts react: What to know about Israel’s expanding military operations in Gaza By Atlantic Council experts In what could signal the initial steps of a larger invasion, Israel has announced that it is “expanding” ground operations in Gaza, with the goal of eradicating Hamas....
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Sep 22, 2023 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Karim Mezran |Holly Dagres
Libya Middle East North Africa Politics & Diplomacy Resilience Resilience & Society The Derna catastrophe is a sign that the international community needs to take action in Libya Judging by the relentless media coverage and official inquiries, it would be natural to deduce that the tragic events on September 10 in the flood-ravished eastern Libyan city of Derna, with its destruction and heavy death toll of more than eleven thousand, was a catastrophe aggravated by the collapse of two dams...
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Aug 30, 2023 | 
atlanticcouncil.org | Karim Mezran
Africa Israel Libya Middle East North & West Africa North Africa Politics & Diplomacy Israel, Libya, and Italy were just reminded that diplomacy requires more than diplomats The sentence, or some variation of it, has been uttered by diplomats for centuries, but here it proved incendiary. “I spoke with the foreign minister about the great potential for the two countries from their relations,” said Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen in a statement on August 27, confirming a meeting the week...
