On 7 June, The Cairo Review of Global Affairs published an essay by Abdussalam Elbelazi titled ‘The Complexity of Mediating the Libyan Quagmire’. In his essay, Elbelazi examines the challenges facing mediators who hope to establish an egalitarian and inclusive state in Libya. Such challenges include factional politics, foreign interventions, and a heritage of repressive authoritarianism, he argues. ‘In my estimation, the best hope for Libyans to build a future vision is to form state and local governance that prioritizes the fair distribution of wealth; these are the foundations and deciding factors in the importance of mediation,’ he writes.
Read the full essay here.