Libya’s Electoral Mirage – the Illusion of American Optimism

As international diplomatic efforts intensify in attempts to overcome Libya’s prolonged political deadlock, a renewed US approach has emerged, marked by a noticeable tone of optimism that sits uneasily alongside the country’s fragmented and volatile realities.

15 years after the removal of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime in 2011, Libya–despite its vast hydrocarbon wealth and strategic location on the Mediterranean–remains unable to consolidate a stable political order or unify its fragmented sovereign…