Europe’s mistakes in Libya Federica Saini FasanottiEurope overestimated the prospects for rapid democratic transition in Libya, and will likely continue to face successive crises without a long-term strategy. Three years passed without a stable government in Libya, with an increasingly pronounced division between the Tripolitania and Cyrenaica regions. After the first civil war in 2011 and the 2014 sequel, Libya was witnessing yet another armed conflict. Mr. Dbeibeh did not agree to resign, and Libya took a further step backward to a country under two antagonistic governments. Unfortunately, this remains very unlikely, given the weakness of Libya’s political class and Europe’s misunderstanding of Libyan dynamics.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 08, 2023 06:06 UTC