Since then, military forays into the Middle East have been as a coalition partner. President Macron has said that Turkey is “playing a dangerous game” in Libya, and France will not allow it. Some senior EU officials and politicians are suggesting that the only option for Europe today is to complement “soft power” with “hard power”. But, again, that would be hard power by committee, with a slim chance of success when facing the complexity of Libya today. Gerald Butt, a former Middle East Correspondent of the BBC and the Church Times, is Middle East Adviser to Oxford Analytica, a geopolitical analyst and advisory firm.

Source: Libya Today July 16, 2020 23:03 UTC