Libya: getting serious about negotiations: how a new political process could help tackle security challenges

Comment | Stellungnahme

Libya's longstanding political deadlock reached breaking point with the fighting between rival militias in Tripoli in September 2018. Throughout the preceding two years of political stalemate, the UN-led approach to negotiations remained vested in defunct institutions that blocked any progress. As a result, there was no prospect for the formation of regular security forces under government control, let alone the unification of Libya's divided security institutions. Addressing these security chal­lenges requires a new push for a transitional power-sharing agreement with a road­map towards elections. Negotiations need to involve actors with influence on the ground, including representatives of armed groups. Such a push should also include talks over new security arrangements in Tripoli, as well as efforts at reunifying eco­nomic institutions. (author's abstract)

Object Details

• ISSN: 1861-1761
• Extent: Seite(n): 7
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: SWP Comment (39/2018)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Politikwissenschaft ; Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Sicherheitspolitik ; Sicherheitssektor ; Bürgerkrieg ; Sicherheitspolitik ; Libyen ; politische Verhandlung ; Konfliktregelung ; Nordafrika ; arabische Länder ; UNO

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Lacher, Wolfram
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
• (where): Deutschland, Berlin
• (when): 2018

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-60101-5
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST