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The Libyan Banking Sector: A Microcosm of Global Enduring Disorder
Jason Pack and Stefano Marcuzzi explore how the Global Enduring Disorder plays out in Libya’s banking sector and contributes to continuing instability for MEI.
The EU, NATO and the Libya Crisis: Scaling Ambitions Down
Stefano Marcuzzi explains for ISPI how, as a consequence of the Libyan crisis, NATO and EU countries have progressively lost influence in the region.
The role of the EU in the Libyan conflict since 2011
Stefano Marcuzzi discusses the role of the EU in the Libyan conflict since 2011 for Konrad Adenauer Stiftung’s Regional Program Political Dialogue South Mediterranean Libya Brief no. 11.
Terrorist and Armed Groups in the Fezzan-Sahel Region: Recruitment and Communication Tactics
Stefano Marcuzzi and Jason Pack’s report for the NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence overviews the affiliations of some of the main ethnic groups and tribes in southern Libya and their involvement in terrorism and people-smuggling.
The Sultan and the Czar: Erdogan and Putin’s game-changing policies in Libya
Stefano Marcuzzi and Erman Atak’s write for the NATO Defense College Foundation on Libya’s civil conflict and how military escalation was largely the result of the policies of Russian President Putin and Turkish President Erdogan.
Libya Needs European Boots on the Ground
Stefano Marcuzzi writes for Carnegie Europe that the EU must seize on the strategic opportunity presented by the coronavirus pandemic to take the initiative away from Russia and Turkey in Libya.
Are Multinationals Eclipsing Nation-States?
Stefano Marcuzzi and Alessio Terzi write for Project Syndicate on whether nation-states are equipped to tackle today’s most urgent challenges - cybersecurity, climate change, geopolitical turmoil, and migration – or is they are being eclipsed by multinationals.
NATO-EU maritime cooperation: for what strategic effect?
Stefano Marcuzzi’s NATO Defense College Policy Brief 7-18 assesses that cooperation is essential to a coordinated response to a variety of Mediterranean issues, including terrorist threats, the protracted conflicts in the MENA, and the refugee emergency.