Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/256550 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
SWP Comment No. 8/2019
Publisher: 
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
Abstract: 
Recent advances by Khalifa Haftar's 'Libyan Arab Armed Forces' in southern Libya are changing power relations in Libya in ways that undermine the UN's ongoing attempts at brokering a political solution. Haftar's increasing influence implies he will be less open to concessions, while key forces in western Libya now perceive him as an existential threat. The Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA), which has, to date, remained ambivalent towards Haftar despite his open opposition towards it, will come under increasing pressure from both adversaries and allies of Haftar to clarify its stance. The new configuration raises the risk of escalation on multiple fronts. Only the emergence of a stable balance of power can create the conditions for a political settlement
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Research Report

Files in This Item:
File
Size





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.