Articles

The Libyan Elections – Amidst Hope and Despair

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

I fondly and vividly recall one of the finest and first ever elections held in the newly liberated Libya in 2012 when the man on the street just looked enthusiastically at their future that might have fulfilled their revolutionary dream. The election....

October 12, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , India , elections , Libya , General Haftar , Tripoli , Tobruk , Gadaffi

Redeeming Libya

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Smooth and peaceful transition of power from an internationally recognised government (GNA) of Fayez Al-Sarraj to locally and internationally recognised interim Government of National Unity (GNU) headed by PM Abd Alhamid Dabaiba (Dbeibeh) and three ....

March 22, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Tripoli , Tobruk , GNA , Berlin Process , Gen Haftar , Dbeibah , GNU

Libya: Dangerous Escalation

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The UN Secretary-General in a briefing to the UN Security Council on 8th July said that the conflict in Libya has entered ‘a new phase with foreign interference reaching unprecedented levels’. He remarked that ‘Time is not on our side.’^1....

July 27, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Egypt , Tripoli , Tobruk , GNA , Berlin Conference , HOR , President Sisi , Sirte , UNSG

Russia and Turkey Embroiled in Libya

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

For over a decade the biggest problem and misfortune of the Libyans has been the competition among the rival powers. This included the regional and non-regional interventionists who continue to support their favourite militias or quasi governments wh....

June 16, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , Putin , Tripoli , Tobruk , GNA , Erdogan , Gen. Haftar , UN , Berlin Process

What is happening in Libya?

Amb K P Fabian Article

We have been coming across reports, more in the foreign media than in the Indian, of the military gains of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) headed by Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj at the expense of the Tobruk-based General Khali....

June 02, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Russia , Libya , Turkey , Oil , Tripoli , Tobruk , GNA , Haftar

Libya – the Unfortunate Domain of International Competition: Berlin and Beyond

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Soon it will be almost a decade of destruction in Libya which in many ways could be the worst extension of the four decades of Gaddafi’s autocratic rule. On February 17, 2011 ecstatic Libyans had jubilantly marched their revolution for a ‘New Lib....

January 27, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Libya , General Haftar , Tripoli , Tobruk , GNA , UNSMIL , Erdogan