The Future of Digital Payments in Libya: Are We at the Beginning of a Real Transformation?
Economy
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The Future of Digital Payments in Libya: Are We at the Beginning of a Real Transformation?
For years, public debate in Libya has focused on cash liquidity. Yet experience has shown that the deeper problem was...
What Sharara’s pipeline fire reveals about Libya’s oil infrastructure
Although Libya avoided a full shutdown at Sharara, the pipeline fire has renewed attention on a quieter economic risk facing...
One dollar, one price? What the Central Bank’s FX shift could mean for Libya’s economy
Libya’s Central Bank is reportedly preparing to cancel the commodity tax and apply a unified exchange rate of 6.37 dinars...
Energy
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Libya’s Drifting Russian Tanker Crisis Exposes a Wider Sovereignty and Risk Management Gap
A damaged Russian LNG tanker drifting toward Libya’s western coast has turned from a maritime incident into a wider test...
Libya and the reconfiguration of global energy: From the global hydrocarbon crisis to the green transition
If the resulting crisis from the US-Israeli attack on Iran has shown the world one thing, it is that the...
Chevron’s Greece deal turns an old maritime dispute into a commercial test for Libya
The eastern Mediterranean has carried overlapping claims for years. Greece, Turkey, and Libya have all defended rival maps, while diplomats...
Politics
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Ankara–Cairo Engagement and the Next Phase of Libya’s Transition
The ongoing crisis in Libya forms a focal point for regional geopolitics in North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean. As...
An Analysis of the US Administration’s Approach to North Africa
With every presidential transition in Washington, foreign policy priorities are revisited under the banner of ‘reassessment’. Geography, however, does not...
English Education Reform in Libya Gains Momentum with U.S. Support
In Tripoli on January 13, officials from Libya’s education ministry sat down with the U.S. Embassy’s cultural attaché to discuss...
World
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Libya–World Bank Economic Reform Talks Aim to Attract Investment
In Washington last week, a Libyan government delegation met with World Bank officials to shape next year’s annual work plan...
Sarkozy Libya Funding Scandal: French Court Jails Former President Over 2007 Campaign Conspiracy
Last month, a French court handed Sarkozy a five-year prison term, finding him guilty of criminal conspiracy in a scheme...
Oil, Influence, and Fragile Alliances: Libya’s Strange Trade Relations Amid Conflict
In the chaos of post-revolution Libya, trade should be the least controversial topic. And yet, the country’s most vital economic...
