The Arab uprisings have expeditiously pushed the entire Middle East region into a period of troubles and uncertainties. Libya too has been entangled in this movement putting an end to Muammar Gaddafi’s 42-year rule. The International Coalition’s intervention in 2011 failed to establish public order in Libya though and triggered an irrepressible instability that no one has managed to overcome until today. While the UN-backed government of Tripoli led by Fayez Al-Sarraj had been controlling western side of the country, a variety of militants led by Libyan General Khalifa Haftar have seized the eastern Libya and this internal conflict still has been proceeded. Due to this conflict, Libya has become in a short period of time an unstable country where most actors such as Russia, Italy, France, Germany, EU are involved. In other words, Libya conflict has turned into a bloody proxy war.

Within this scope, SETA European Studies will organize a panel titled “The Libyan Crisis and Europe’s Stance”. Enes Bayraklı, SETA Brussels coordinator, will lead the panel in the company of Michelangelo Guida, professor at 29 May University, Vişne Korkmaz, professor at Bahcesehir Cyprus University, Zeliha Eliaçık, a researcher at SETA European Studies, Léonard Faytre, PhD student at Ibn Haldun University. They will respectively discuss the Libya policy of Italy, Russia, Germany & EU and France.

English-Turkish simultaneous translation will be provided. We would be honoured to be joined by you at the event.