UN Mediation in Libya

This week on a special edition of Babel, Will Todman speaks with Jon Alterman, the creator of Babel and the show’s host since it began in 2019. They discuss Jon’s reflections on 22 years directing the CSIS Middle East Program, his analysis of how the Middle East policy ecosystem ...  Show more

This week on Babel, Jon Alterman speaks with Dr. Mohanad Hage Ali, deputy director for research at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. Mohanad's latest paper for Carnegie investigates the rise of a new form of drug smuggling in Lebanon. Together, they discuss Hezbollah’s i ...  Show more

Last week, Libya’s parliament fired one of the country’s two prime ministers, Fathi Bashaga. Libya for years has been split between two rival governments. An internationally recognised prime minister, Abdelhamid Dabaiba, sits in the capital Tripoli and a rival government, unti ...

في الذكرى الثالثة عشرة للثورة الليبية .. ليبيا في رحلة مستمرة عن حل لإنهاء أزمة سياسية طال أمدها، كيف يبدو المشهد السياسي في ليبيا ؟ هل اقتربت الأطراف الليبية من الجلوس على طاولة الحوار لإيجاد توافق سياسي بشأن قضاياها الخلافية ؟ متى و كيف سيصل الليبيون إلى بر الأمان ؟ أسئلة و أخر ...  Show more

In this podcast Janes senior analyst James Trigg, joins Harry Kemsley and Sean Corbett to discuss Libya. Historic civil and political unrest have made it a country of interest globally for decades. Whilst other conflicts and world events have forced countries to switch their focu ...  Show more

Six years ago this week the brutal repression of a protest in Libya's second city of Benghazi inspired a revolution that led to the fall of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Today the country is preyed on by more than 1500 militias. Different governments rule in the west around Tripoli an ...  Show more