Frederic Wehrey

Civil Society Nov 30, 2018 Snapshot

Is Libya Finally Ready for Peace?

Recent developments in Libya offer, for the first time in years, reason for guarded optimism about the country's future.

Frederic Wehrey and Jalel Harchaoui

UN Libya Envoy Ghassan Salame (L) and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte in Palermo, November 2018.

Libya Jun 19, 2018 Snapshot

The Wrong Way to Fix Libya

In reality, swift elections may lead to greater disorder. Without a firm constitutional basis, voting would produce a government whose legitimacy is contested even...

Frederic Wehrey and Wolfram Lacher

Libya Feb 22, 2017 Snapshot

Libya After ISIS

Among the many crises now facing the new Trump administration, Libya poses a growing challenge.

Frederic Wehrey and Wolfram Lacher

A boy wearing a Libyan flag takes part in a celebration marking the sixth anniversary of the Libyan revolution, in Benghazi, Libya February 17, 2017.

The Arab Spring at Five Feb 7, 2016 Snapshot

The Next Front Against ISIS

Any strategy to tackle ISIS should first aim at bridging Libyan political divides and channeling assistance in a way that promotes cooperation between rival forces.

Frederic Wehrey and Wolfram Lacher

Smoke from an oil fire in Es Sider, in Ras Lanuf, Libya, January 6, 2016. Firefighters have extinguished two fires at oil storage tanks at Libya's Ras Lanuf terminal, but blazes continue at five tanks in the nearby port of Es Sider after attacks this week

Persian Gulf Jul 14, 2015 Snapshot

Bridging the Gulf in the Gulf

A post-deal policy that focuses exclusively on rolling back Iranian power will produce confrontation rather than diminish it. A policy that includes a parallel effort...

Frederic Wehrey and Richard Sokolsky

A staff removes the Iranian flag from the stage after a group picture with foreign ministers and representatives of Unites States, Iran, China, Russia, Britain, Germany, France and the European Union during the Iran nuclear talks at the Vienna Internation

Strategy & Conflict Feb 2, 2015 Letter From

Libya's War-Weary Make Peace?

Amid the political and communal divisions tearing apart Libya, the commercial hub of Misrata—and its pragmatic business community—offer modest hope for a political...

Frederic Wehrey

Security Oct 6, 2014 Snapshot

Libya's Legitimacy Crisis

There are now two parallel governments in Libya, which has resulted in a society torn asunder by chaos. But it would be a mistake to recognize either side as the...

Frederic Wehrey and Wolfram Lacher

Post-Conflict Reconstruction Nov 4, 2013 Snapshot

Modest Mission?

Even as Susan Rice laid out the Obama administration's plans for a more modest Middle East policy last month, the U.S. military was preparing to step up its assistance...

Frederic Wehrey

Religion Dec 11, 2012 Snapshot

Shia Days of Rage

By ignoring long-standing grievances, playing the sectarian card, and unequivocally treating Shia opposition as Iranian-backed radicals, the Saudi regime is...

Frederic Wehrey

Post-Conflict Reconstruction Jul 12, 2012 Snapshot

Libya's Militia Menace

Libya's elections passed peacefully, but observers should have no illusions about the momentous challenges ahead, especially the task of rebuilding and formalizing the...

Frederic Wehrey

Civil Society Aug 23, 2011 Snapshot

Libyan Nation Building After Qaddafi

With Qaddafi's ouster imminent, the West must plan for post-conflict stabilization and reconstruction.

James Dobbins and Frederic Wehrey

Politics & Society July/August 2011 Response

Arab Spring, Persian Winter

Iran may hope to capitalize on the Arab Spring, write Dalia Dassa Kaye and Frederic Wehrey, but Tehran will find the region hard to manipulate. Maybe so, argues...

Dalia Dassa Kaye and Frederic Wehrey; Michael Scott Doran

Political Development Feb 28, 2011 Snapshot

Libya's Terra Incognita

For decades, the outsized personality of Muammar al-Qaddafi has obscured the many rivalries among Libya's domestic groups, from the tribes to the military. With the...

Frederic Wehrey

Frederic Wehrey

Is Libya Finally Ready for Peace?

The Wrong Way to Fix Libya

Libya After ISIS

The Next Front Against ISIS

Bridging the Gulf in the Gulf

Libya's War-Weary Make Peace?

Libya's Legitimacy Crisis

Modest Mission?

Shia Days of Rage

Libya's Militia Menace

Libyan Nation Building After Qaddafi

Arab Spring, Persian Winter

Libya's Terra Incognita

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