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Economy

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Economy

Libya Energy Strategy: Diversifying Beyond Oil

The prospect of regional realignment in the Middle East has moved from speculation to urgency. Even with a military ceasefire...

August 17, 2025
Economy

Libya Banking Sector Reform Key to Economic Recovery

Libya’s long road to economic recovery hinges on a banking sector that can meet the needs of its citizens and...

August 13, 2025
Economy

Tackling Youth Unemployment in Libya for Economic Renewal

Libya’s demographics offer a unique opportunity and a daunting challenge. Nearly half of all citizens are under the age of...

August 11, 2025

Energy

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Energy

Libya Energy Strategy: Diversifying Beyond Oil

The prospect of regional realignment in the Middle East has moved from speculation to urgency. Even with a military ceasefire...

August 17, 2025
Energy

Libya’s Electricity Crisis: Causes, Consequences, and the Path to Reform

Libyans have become all too familiar with living in the dark. The country’s electricity crisis highlights a fundamental issue that...

August 12, 2025
Crude Crossroads: Libya Must Be a Player, not a Pawn, in the Global Energy Game
Energy

Crude Crossroads: Libya Must Be A Player, Not a Pawn, in the Global Energy Game

Long overlooked except in times of upheaval, the vast oil fields and strategic ports along North Africa’s central coast, Libya...

July 15, 2025

Politics

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Politics

Migrant Remittances in Libya: The Hidden Lifeline of the Economy

Foreign workers underpin much of the nation’s private-sector activity.  Private businesses, especially in construction, agriculture and informal services, have to...

August 13, 2025
Politics

For Libya, Syria is the Great Teacher

In the shadows of revolution, amid rubble and loss, the people of Syria have begun to rekindle something long buried:...

July 19, 2025
From Revolution to Rival Rule — Mapping the Factions in a Fractured State
Politics

Libya’s Power Struggle: Who Controls What in 2025?

A Nation Divided   More than a decade after the 2011 uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi, Libya remains a country...

July 15, 2025
Oil, Influence, and Fragile Alliances: Libya’s Strange Trade Relations Amid Conflict
World

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...

July 15, 2025
Italy's ENI must approach Libya with caution as it expands operations there.
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Italy’s ENI Must Approach Libya with Caution as It Expands Operations

As Italy’s ENI expands energy operations in Libya, committing billions to gas exploration and infrastructure development, it is stepping into...

July 13, 2025
World

Does the World Even Care About a Peaceful Libya?

Libya remains a fractured state, its future cloudier than ever. The nation’s path to peace has been obstructed by internal...

July 10, 2025