March 10, 2021

Audeo Talk: UN Mediation in Libya

This week on Babel, Jon Alterman talks with Stephanie Williams, formerly the acting special representative of the UN Secretary-General and the head of the UN Support Mission in Libya. They talk about why the conflict in Libya has lasted this long, the importance of facilitating a Libyan-Libyan resolution to the conflict, and her role as a mediator in the process. Then, Natasha Hall, Will Todman, and Jon .discuss their own experiences with mediation elsewhere in the region

To listen to the discussion click here

To read the Episode Transcript  click here

:Contributors

Jon B. Alterman, Senior Vice President, Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy, and Director, Middle East Program

Natasha Hall, Senior Fellow, Middle East Program

Will Todman, Fellow, Middle East Program

:References

NYTimes Editorial Board, Can Libya Put Itself Back Together Again

Stephanie Turco Williams and Jeffrey Feltman, Can a political breakthrough mend a broken Libya

Brookings Event, Nonstate armed actors and the US Global Fragility Strategy

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Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)

 

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