Germany’s involvement in Libya was not a legacy policy but a reflection of how many of its foreign policy pillars were shaken by events across the Mediterranean, writes Tarek Megerisi in his op-ed
If we come out of this with one government and one set of institutions then we’re already in a far superior place than we’ve been for the last five years
Tarek Megerisi comments on the Libyan situation after the cease-fire and future prospects for the country
The fact that we are in exactly the same place — just a few more tens of thousands of lives lost, a few million more lives ruined, and the country in tatters — is not really a cause for celebration
The selection of the interim government in Libya came as a surprise to Tarek Megerisi
But the most important question – the unity of the divided country – had been left unanswered. Instead, attempts were made to create new institutions so that everyone could keep a piece of the pie
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