All of the core dynamics of Global Enduring Disorder are at play in Libya’s post-Gadhafi transition. In fact, it may be the first theater in which all of the relevant dynamics of the Enduring Disorder initially came together. In this fascinating analysis paper, Jason Pack, author of Libya and the Global Enduring Disorder & President of Libya-Analysis LLC, and our Advisory Board member Stefano Marcuzzi, University College Dublin, investigate the ongoing Libya conflict through the Enduring Disorder paradigm focusing on the financial and banking sectors, honing in on stakeholder perceptions of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), its transparency/opacity, and the “narrative wars” over who is to blame for, and who benefits from, Libya’s economic dysfunction, the lack of an annual budget, and the current lack of a quorum on the CBL board.

In March 2011, a coalition of countries under the United Nations (UN) umbrella led militarily by NATO launched an air campaign in support of a series of revolts against the regime of Muammar al-Qaddafi in Libya, ostensibly to stop Qaddafi’s reprisals on civilians. […]

Please have a look at this excellent analysis, written by our Advisory Board member Stefano Marcuzzi.

Fezzan, Libya’s southwestern region, is home to just about 600,000 people and the location of a major share of Libya’s oil resources.

But it is not Libya’s most developed part, as one might assume, but far behind the other regions. There is a lack of infrastructure of all kinds, living circumstances for most of the population are dire. The vast ungoverned space of Fezzan is used by the world's most infamous terrorist organizations and rebel groups from neighboring countries as a safe haven. Smuggling and human trafficking have replaced the former Sahara trade. The population does not have a lot of positive perspectives …

So the question remains, how to develop an underprivileged, rich region?

More than eleven years after the Revolution, Libya is still a mess.

What could be a way towards stabilization? And what could or should the U.S. do about it?

NEW - NEW - NEW (10/24/22): Dr. Stefano Marcuzzi, UCD School of Politics and International Relations, Ireland, explains how crucial it is to stop Libya’s political crisis spilling over into economic warfare. He recommends the U.S. should revive the ‘Libya Special Committee for Oversight’ (LSCO) project and explains how to do so.