Playing Pick-Up-Sticks in Libya—3

... backed by the diaspora and friendly political forces, was able to build a comprehensive strategy of penetration and consolidation in Libya that included security, political, economic and cultural tools within the shortest possible time. In 2019, the GNU in Tripoli, in the face of the LNA’s military threat, uniquely empowered Turkey with a political-military and economic presence in Libya in exchange for operational assistance in repelling the offensive of Haftar’s forces. But engagement with the UAE, Egypt, and Russia in other areas of regional and global politics in recent ...