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A Tipping Point in Libya’s Long-Standing Conflict

Africa’s most oil-rich nation has turned into a battleground for half a dozen foreign states. In the west, is the UN-backed Government of National Accord and NATO. In the east, is warlord Khalifa Haftar. Russia, Egypt, Turkey, the UAE and France are all involved. But why is Washington staying out of it? And what is Moscow’s endgame in the war-torn country?

Guests:

Jonathan M Winer
Former US Special Envoy for Libya

Anas El Gomati
Director of the Sadeq Institute

Samuel Ramani
Russian Foreign Policy Researcher at Oxford University

Marco Carnelos
Libya Adviser to former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi

 

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Marco Carnelos

Marco Carnelos is a former Italian diplomat. He has been assigned to Somalia, Australia and the United Nations. He has served in the foreign policy staff of three Italian prime ministers between 1995 and 2011. More recently he has been Middle East Peace Process Coordinator Special Envoy for Syria for the Italian government and, until November 2017, ambassador of Italy to Iraq.

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