On 19 October, the International Relations Review published an analysis article by Pelin Ünsal, titled ‘Two Roadmaps, One Problem: What Libya Reveals About the AU's Limits and the UN's Standing’. The article looks at the African Union’s (AU) role in post-2011 Libya, arguing that the AU should invest in its own distinctive duties, reconciliation, and transitional justice, rather than competing for the electoral press. “Libya will test whether multilateral bodies can coordinate effectively when their mandates overlap, and multiple actors pursue different approaches to political transition,” the author writes. “Treating regional initiatives as inputs would strengthen the UN's standing, while treating them as competition risks winning the roadmap but losing the argument about what international mediation is for.”
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