The Impact of the Internationalization of the Libyan Crisis on the Future of the Political Settlement

Hamdy Hussein Mohamed Hamam

doi:10.30907/jcopolicy.vi65.522

Authors

Hamdy Hussein Mohamed Hamam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30907/jcopolicy.vi65.522

Keywords:

Libyan conflict, Internationalization of the crisis, Libyan National Army, National Accord Government, Turkey.

Abstract

The internationalization of the Libyan crisis and its accompanying militarization of the conflict have played a vital role in hindering to reach a comprehensive political settlement solution in Libya. The increasing international greediness in the Libyan energy resources and the geopolitical importance of the Libyan State led to the involvement of many international and regional powers in this crisis and transformed the Libyan crisis into “proxy war”. Moreover, the Turkish direct military intervention in the Libyan crisis is considered as one of the main constraints facing the international and regional efforts to settle the Libyan crisis as a result of the Turkish insistence on its military existence in Libya to preserve its national interests in Eastern Mediterranean. So, the scenario of the continuing dispute over the legitimacy between the Libyan factions and the transformation of the Libyan crisis into a geopolitical dilemma, will be the closest to reality.

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