Migrant smuggling and trafficking has flourished through Libya since its 2011 conflict. This article explains how this happened and why European policies aimed at addressing the issue are inadequate.

Noah Millman has written a typically very thoughtful response to yesterday’s post on the Libyan war. Here is one of the lessons he draws from the intervention: But another lesson is that ...

At his new blog, Micah Zenko grades the NATO war in Libya, and gives it a D on the protection of civilians. Zenko explains: It is unknowable how many would have died in the absence of an outside ...

Italian Justice Minister Carlo Nordio has said Rome had no choice but to release a Libyan war crimes suspect due "errors and inaccuracies" in an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal ...

The Internal Security Apparatus announced on Friday the arrest of Mohammed Al-Azraq, known as “Al-Tahli,” one of the most ...

Libya today is in the midst of a civil war—one as confusing as it is ferocious. Atrocities against civilians are mounting. The collapse of the Libyan state and the country's division is possible.

The war in Libya is one that might have ended a long time ago, if not for the intervention by a variety of actors, including foreign states and, all too often, their proxies, including private ...

On a potentially positive note, a Joint Military Commission comprising representatives of the warring parties is scheduled to begin a second round of talks Tuesday in Geneva under UN auspices ...

Migratory flows have periodically fallen through a series of international policy interventions that have entrenched conflict. This has ultimately made the migration issue harder to resolve, as Libyan ...

In turn, the Libyan war has complicated the issue of gas exploitation around Cyprus. Since the Arab uprisings, Libya has been continually subject to the impact of wider regional struggles, all the ...

How the Libyan conflict transformed human trafficking routes in West Africa, and why Europe's response has so far failed. Migrant smuggling and trafficking has flourished through Libya since its ...