Libya is not Saif Maha Asad Apr 9, 2018 Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, is seeking to run for Presidency in Libya’s 2018 elections. Although…
The Deadliest Catch: Migrant Trafficking Through Libya Alexandra Yiannoutsos Jan 16, 2018 The number of migrants attempting to migrate to Europe via the Mediterranean reached epic proportions after the…
How the West Adamantly Condemns Libya’s Slave Trade —Yet Financially Supports It Taylor Mitchell Jan 8, 2018 On November 13, CNN released a video of slave auctions in Libya. The video showed an off-screen auctioneer offering…
The Price of a Man: Libya’s Migrant Slavery Crisis Clara Marchionini Dec 6, 2017 Shortly after dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s death in 2011, experts forecasted difficult years of state reconstruction…
Conflicting Interests: A Power Vacuum Remains in Libya Samuel Lottes Oct 5, 2017 After a 42-year reign of mostly iron-fisted dictatorship, many Libyans hoped that Muammar Gaddafi’s capture…
Barack of Arabia: Obama’s Diplomatic Legacy in the Middle East Sarie Khalid Dec 8, 2016 Eight years ago, President Obama electrified the world with the promises to end the wars of his predecessor in Iraq…
How ISIS and Sunni Rage Remade the Middle East Sarie Khalid Oct 28, 2015 The Bush White House’s decision to invade Iraq, overthrow Saddam Hussein’s Ba’athist dictatorship and…
Rethinking Humanitarian Interventionism Cem Ertekin Dec 2, 2014 If a single phrase was chosen to describe the past decade, it would be ‘humanitarian intervention.’ Military…
Disengagement or Drones? The American-African Security Relationship Alex Langer Oct 20, 2013 Recently speaking before the United Nations General Assembly, President Obama posited that an American …
Wrapping up the Arab Spring (2011-2013) Part 2: Revolution And Transition Benedikt van den Woldenberg Oct 18, 2013 Since the beginning of what soon became known by the neologism ‘Arab Spring’ four countries have witnessed a…