Order from chaos: Stabilising Libya the local way
The tragedy of Libya in well known in outline but poorly known in detail – to many in Europe, that is. But Europe has a role in the country’s stabilisation.
Experts & Staff
Tarek Megerisi
Senior Policy Fellow
Areas of expertise
Libya, North Africa, Euro-Med cooperation, stabilisation, and democratisation
Languages
English, Arabic
Biography
Tarek Megerisi is a senior policy fellow with the Middle East and North Africa programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations. His work mainly addresses how European policymaking towards the Maghreb and Mediterranean regions can become more strategic, harmonious, and incisive – with a long-term focus on Libya.
For more than a decade, Megerisi has worked with various regional, European, and multilateral authorities on providing reform and stabilisation assistance to transitional states in the Middle East and North Africa. He has been involved in a range of projects, including post-conflict stabilisation, development and democratisation, Libya’s domestic and international political processes, economic reform in Tunisia, and the eastern Mediterranean disputes. His articles have featured in publications such as Foreign Policy magazine and the Guardian newspaper, and he has contributed to think-tank programming across the United States, Europe, and the Middle East and North Africa.
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In the media
It effectively just serves to give them control, as they’re able to threaten Europe with a wave of migrants whenever they want to extract more money, or other political concessions from them
Tarek Megerisi on debunking the case for externalisation aid
Libya is a hugely profitable area for Wagner
Tarek Megerisi on Wagner’s operations in Libya
I think that he thinks his charges are believable [for his audience]. They fall in line with his claim that he’s trying to restore the pride of the state
Tarek Megerisi on Saied’s crackdown on political dissent
Already with Tunisia, now with Israel and Palestine, von der Leyen pursued personal, and ideological, politics without a mandate
Tarek Megerisi comments the critics moved towards von der Leyen for mining UE’s coherence in the international arena
Tarek Megerisi comments on Libya’s leadership and its management of the flood