From Zero-Sum to Positive Sum: Cultivating Political Settlement and Reform in Libya

Insight Turkey > Commentaries | Updated: Thursday, November 26, 2020

From Zero-Sum to Positive Sum: Cultivating Political Settlement and Reform in Libya

Commentaries | Insight Turkey Fall 2020 / Volume 22, Number 4

In this commentary, we advocate for a comprehensive framework to address the political, economic, and social challenges facing Libya. The proposal draws a clear roadmap that begins with establishing trust and extending the authority of the government across the Libyan territory. As the waters get muddied with poorly conceived political proposals, the project advocated for in this commentary stands out as a genuine, empirically-based framework toward a solution for the Libyan crisis.

From Zero-Sum to Positive Sum Cultivating Political Settlement and Reform

Libya North Africa

Diplomacy Resource Management Political Culture Domestic Politics Political Development Soft Power

State Failure

Peacebuilding

Contextual Overview

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) led an initiative to bring political rivals to the negotiation table in early 2015. By that time, Libya had sunk into chaos, amid political and economic crises. The problem had begun a year earlier at the end of the General National Congress (GNC) term. On February 14, 2014, a military officer named Khalifa Haftar announced the suspension of both the GNC and the government on television. Although his coup attempt failed, it marked the beginning of years of conflict over power and political legitimacy in the country.

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