Washington’s plan to install elite leaders risks chaos, weakens UN elections, and fails to address Libya’s governance crisis.
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Libya’s peace efforts have deepened elite commercial control, sidelining elections while international deals enrich rival factions and families.
US plans for power-sharing in Libya threaten to solidify elite corruption and undermine economic stability rather than delivering real reform.
Libya’s new trilateral unity pact concentrates executive control within two powerful families, leaving civil society, women, and local tribes sidelined.
Saddam Haftar seeks to transform military control in Benghazi into political legitimacy, yet Tripoli remains the ultimate prize shadowed by serious allegations.
An analysis of the Libya False Peace: how elite bargains and the Trump administration’s focus on oil contracts mask deep-seated political instability.
US Flintlock exercises unify Libya’s rival militias for first time since Gaddafi’s fall. Foreign fighters remain the obstacle.
US exercises entrench Haftar’s family dynasty in Libya. Washington risks replacing Gaddafi with another military strongman model.
Saif al-Islam’s killing removes a unifying Green figure and potential political threat, consolidating Libya’s coercive power consolidation.
While Tartus and Khmeimim remain active, Russia’s dispersed airbase network in Libya, including Maaten al-Sarra, is now more critical for power projection. These sites facilitate Africa Corps deployments and arms flows, complicating U.S.-led efforts to unify Libya and stabilize the Sahel region.