🇮🇹 July 20, 11:30am ET | Alessia Melcangi, Dario Cristiani, Rachel Rizzo, & Roberto Menotti join Karim Mezran Atlantic Council Middle East Initiatives to discuss Italy's resurgent foreign policy engagement. Register & tune in 🔽 atlanticcouncil.org/event/charting…

I spoke to i24NEWS English about the 🇱🇾🇮🇱🇮🇹 debacle: What is clear is that this was a missed opportunity for diplomacy. The agreement was not supposed to be secret, simply not advertised. Unfortunately, it is unlikely we will see any concrete plans for normalization in the S-T.

🇳🇪 TODAY | 🕐 1:00 pm ET Africa Center hosts a conversation on the coup in Niger and its impact on regional and international stability, featuring Joseph Lemoine, Karim Mezran, and Michael Shurkin, moderated by David A. Andelman. Register here. ⬇️ atlanticcouncil.org/event/time-for…

A recent meeting in Rome between the Libyan and Israeli foreign ministers has resulted in protests in Libya and political pressure on Prime Minister عبدالحميد الدبيبة Abdulhamid AlDabaiba, writes Atlantic Council Middle East Initiatives’s Karim Mezran. Read more. ⬇️ atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atla…

🇱🇾🇮🇱אלי כהן | Eli Cohen exposed a secret meeting held with Libyan foreign minister Dr. Najla Elmangoush in #Rome, which fueled demonstrations and public rage in Tripoli. Karim Mezran explains why Libyans took to the streets and why normalization between remains improbable. atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atla…

On the 🇮🇱🇱🇾 debacle: for a government to realize an agreement of such magnitude it must hold popular support- precisely what Dbeibah's GNU now lacks. In Libya, the question of popular legitimacy is no longer avoidable. My latest for Atlantic Council atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atla…

#NorthAfrica’s political and economic landscape are shifting as the #Israel-#Hamas war reaches its one-month mark. Karim Mezran explains how North Africa could soon claim center stage if issues are ignored or misinterpreted. Read his take below ⬇️ atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasour…

🇱🇾🇷🇺 #Russia has been steadily growing its influence in #Libya in recent years including expanding its military presence in the country. Karim Mezran explains why the US must do more to counter Russian influence in Libya. Read his take below ⬇️ atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasour…

Segnalo l'uscita della rivista Formiche in cartaceo (disponibile sul sito) con un dossier speciale #Libia È un piacere condividere queste pagine con Karim Mezran Aldo Liga Lapo Pistelli 🇮🇹🇪🇺 Claudia Gazzini Federica Saini Fasanotti Stephanie Turco Williams Ben Fishman (il mio contributo 👇)

🇱🇾 Despite several attempts led by the United Nations to help stabilize #Libya over the past decade, the country's political landscape remains deeply divided. Read our latest report on Libya’s ongoing political stalemate in collaboration with ISPI ⬇️ atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-resea…