Category: Regional Security
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Libya Border Management Strategy and Regional Stability
The Importance of Effective Border Governance Libya border management strategy is becoming one of the defining policy challenges as the country enters 2026, shaping not only security outcomes but also trade flows, migration dynamics, and regional cooperation. For more than a decade, Libya’s borders have been treated primarily as military problems. Increasingly, they are being…
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Libya Sahel Security: Securing the Southern Frontier
Libya Sahel Security and the Battle for Regional Stability Libya Sahel security has become a defining test of the country’s capacity to protect its borders, support regional stability, and rebuild trust with international partners. The collapse of state control in parts of the Sahel has sent ripple effects northward, challenging Libya’s fragile recovery. Yet, instead…
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Libya Migration Diplomacy: Turning Border Control into Leverage
Libya Migration Diplomacy: From Vulnerability to Leverage In 2025, migration once again dominated Mediterranean politics. From Tunis to Lampedusa, governments struggled to balance humanitarian obligations with domestic pressure for stronger borders. Yet amid this regional tension, Libya migration diplomacy emerged as a story of quiet success. Once seen as the Mediterranean’s weakest link, Libya has…
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Libya Security Convergence: Building Regional Credibility
Libya Security Convergence: Coastal Cooperation and National Renewal Libya security convergence is reshaping the country’s regional role, proving that cooperation in maritime and border security can rebuild national credibility. In late 2025, a line of Libyan patrol vessels cut through the waters off Misrata, accompanied by Italian and Maltese naval units under a NATO observation…
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Libya Military Cooperation: Building Regional Trust
Libya’s Security Pivot Libya, long characterized by political fragmentation and protracted conflict, is increasingly positioning itself through Libya military cooperation as a credible security actor in the Mediterranean and North Africa.. Following the fall of the Gaddafi regime in 2011, Libya’s internal divisions crystallized into the internationally recognized Government of National Unity (GNU) in Tripoli…
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Libya’s Migration Strategy: From Challenge to Opportunity
Libya’s Migration Crossroads Libya’s migration strategy places the country at a crossroads in Mediterranean migration management, holding the potential to transform a pressing challenge into a strategic opportunity. Migration flows to Europe have remained a central policy concern for Brussels, Rome, and Paris, and Libya’s dual governance system, the GNU in Tripoli and the GNS…