Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 08/2014

Libya's Faustian Bargains: Breaking the Appeasement Cycle

Karim Mezran, Jason Pack, Mohamed Eljarh

May 2014

Atlantic Council

Abstract

A new Atlantic Council report examines the threats to Libya’s stability, provides a detailed mapping of the militia landscape, and details policy options for the Libyan government and its international partners.

In Libya’s Faustian Bargains: Breaking the Appeasement Cycle, the authors attribute the cycle of violence, intractable political stalemate, and weakened economy to the Libyan authorities’ continued policy of appeasing opponents.