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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaUneasy alliances: learning from France’s Libya policyStrongmen cannot provide stability in the long-term, the sooner we learn this the sooner we stop perpetuating...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Europe is criminalizing humanitarian aidPeople are drowning while politicians claim that avoidable civilian deaths are required for the defense of “European values”.
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Published in: HomeWe already know who will win the war in Libya – western arms dealersThey armed Gadaffi and the forces that ousted him alike – now they’re repeating that profitable trick.
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Published in: HomeNorth Korea is selling arms and breaking sanctions – does anyone care?Arming Yemen’s Houthi rebels and Libya, and making huge fuel transfers on the high seas – it embarrasses Trump, but...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaElections in Libya: the difficult way aheadThe Libya conference in Palermo has ended in a renewed push for elections in the crisis-ridden country. But is Libya...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?When rescue at sea becomes a crime: who the Tunisian fishermen arrested in Italy really areFishermen networks from Morocco and Mauritania have released statements of support, and the Tunisian State Secretary...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Military and security companies profit from European policies exporting border control overseasThis is probably part of the intention of the European Commission… not only to outsource migration control to other...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe EU response to the Libyan crisis: shallow impact with a short-term visionBy securitizing migration, EU leaders have appeared to address the needs of European audiences more than those of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCounter-terrorism: new UK strategy must learn obvious lessonsSince 2001, Britain has compromised its passion for the rights of people in the name of counter-terrorism, thereby...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaYou've kept your power, Arab rulers, but at what cost?Let us never forget that those who make peaceful uprisings impossible will eventually make violent revolution irresistible.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIn Libya, locals push back against human smugglingWhile many Amazigh were marginalized and discriminated against during the Gaddafi era, they are now the vanguard in...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Watching the watchers: the G5 Sahel Force has a human rights problemIf history is a lesson, without a robust human rights framework, international missions are more likely to add to,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaLibya: damned if we do and damned if we don’tGiven the complex attitudes towards foreign interventions in Libya, we need a clear strategy that stands up to...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe anti-Islamist campaign and Arab democracyEgyptians, Libyans, Tunisians, and other Arabs deserve better than to be told that they must choose between...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBrother, where art thou? Libya, spaces of violence and the diffusion of knowledgeThe decreasing number of migrants arriving on Italian shores does not mean that the people stopped fleeing...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCall for submissions: Listening to Libya – Intervention and its aftermathNAWA seeks to provide a deeper look into Libya by inviting Libyan writers, and readers to submit their thoughts,...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Stop blaming the rescuersAttacks against rescue efforts in the Mediterranean must stop. The recent Italian and EU proposals are just the last...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHistorical amnesia and Europe’s migration relations with LibyaDriven by domestic politics and the need to be seen to be doing something, Europe has locked itself in a cycle of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhatever happened to peace? Arms, oil and war by proxyWe're living in a new era of proxy warfare, where multiple powers fund local proxies with disastrous consequences....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBritain would have been safer with Corbyn in chargeJeremy Corbyn consistently voted against wars of choice that Britain could have refrained from taking part in, now...
