Is the United States Set to Re-Engage in Libya?
Trump advisor Massad Boulos’s quiet visit to Libya signals renewed U.S. interest, balancing rivals, countering Russia, and pushing energy deals.
My new article for @mecouncil.bsky.social unpacks what Massad Boulos’s visit—Trump’s senior advisor—signals for Libya’s fractured politics. Can U.S. pragmatism bring stability, or just a new balance of power?
Please read the article here:
mecouncil.org/blog_posts/i...
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4. A special thanks to my supervisors Dr. Sergiu Gherghina & Dr. Andrew Judge @judge.bsky.social for their guidance and support throughout this research journey.
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3. It categorises these factors into:
* Pre-condition factor: The military response to the uprising creating a security vacuum
* Primary factor: The role of non-state armed groups as key drivers of uncertainty
* Supporting factor: External interventions that escalated divisions
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1. Thrilled to announce the publication of my new article in
@democratization.bsky.social
" How Security Shaped Libya's Transition?"
@uofgsocsci.bsky.social
@uofgsps.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer in Politics and IR at Lboro University studying conflict, security and development, mum, would-be runner. Belatedly joining the Great Escape from X. https://www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/politics-international-studies/staff/giulia-piccolino
Post-doctoral researcher @Societies at Risk, Uppsala University.
Conflict forecasting, democratization, R, and methodological quirks + a corgi called Doris
Professor, Political Science @UniOslo; ERC ResilienceBuilding; Author of Resilient Communities
Associate Professor, Hamilton College. Studying civil-military relations, civil war, policing. Author of HOW TO PREVENT COUPS (Cornell UP). www.ericadebruin.com.
PhD student at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University. Prevention, prediction, causal inference.
German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) – a renowned research institute and influential think tank for global sustainable development.
| Netiquette: https://blogs.idos-research.de/netiquette/
Peace & Security in the ‘Anthropocene’, from Low Earth Orbit 🛰️ to Antarctica 🇦🇶. Senior Researcher at Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (@prif.org). Head of Research Group ‘Ecology, Climate, and Conflict.’
Formerly at VUW&UoA in Aotearoa New Zealand 🇳🇿.
PhD Candidate at the Swedish Defence University
Interested in civil-military relations, civil and total defence, non-state armed groups, Eastern Europe
I research the war-peace nexus, postwar cities (Beirut, Belfast, Mitrovica, Mostar, Nicosia), the socioeconomics of peace, and geocoded urban violence at Uppsala University.
I like mountains and tattoos.
PhD Candidate, Political Science, University of Basel / Associate Researcher, swisspeace.
Focus on Humanitarian Access Negotiations and Conflict Resolution in South Sudan.
Lecturer @livuni. Conflict reporting, ethics, witnessing and the affective/emotional dimensions of war reporting. An ed @ Media, War & Conflict. British Academy Fellow. Cat dad.
Peace and conflict scholar at Umeå University with an interest in gender politics, post-war transformations, varieties of peace, and diaspora politics. Book reviews editor @ International Feminist Journal of Politics.
Assoc Prof @UNSW | Associate Editor @austjia.bsky.social | Senior Fellow @cornellbtpi.bsky.social | Political order & violence, rebel governance, statebuilding & peacebuilding, drones, Global South | https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/srinjoy-bose
Associate Professor at @setonhall.bsky.social Diplomacy. Teaches conflict, nationalism, methods. Researches separatism, diplomacy, civilians. Yes I will belay you.
Senior Fellow at Peterson Institute. Sustainability, security, and political economy. Heart masquerading as head since 1977.
You may not believe in climate change, but your insurance company does.
IR, Middle East political economy, democracy aid, & development • Egypt she/her • Author, Marketing Democracy: http://bit.ly/3j8sN8k
PhD-ing in Peace & Political Science at University of Notre Dame. Climate and gender politics. Previously: a decade in aid sector in Palestine, Libya, Afghanistan, Nepal and elsewhere. Unrewarding sense of loyalty to: Man United, UK Labour Party.
He/him
Non-resident adviser, @ipinst.bsky.social // United Nations peace operations and institutional reform | previously NYU CIC, Met Opera, UN EOSG, UN Peacekeeping, USUN | views my own; RT≠endorsement
An nescis, mi fili, quantilla prudentia mundus regatur?
sociologist @zfk-mr.bsky.social. peace & conflict. transitional justice, social inequality, gender. latin america. colombia. celebrating spring flowers and birds.
