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It isn’t that no one cares about justice and human life, but that we have failed to confront the enemies of an ordered world. Jason Pack explores how the disaster in Libya, and other disparate daily catastrophes, are actually all symptoms of the Global Enduring Disorder.

Jason Pack and Stefano Marcuzzi argue that Libya’s CBL is a microcosm of our era of Global Enduring Disorder.

Jason Pack discusses his paradigm of Global Enduring Disorder for E-International and the experiences that brought him to his unique perspective on international relations.

The notion that American policies throughout the Middle East failed as a result of the US's engagement with Islamist actors' is incorrect.

To understand where things currently stand in Libya, we turned to Libya expert and historian Jason Pack.

Ten years after Qaddafi’s death, Libya is a harbinger of the enduring global disorder to come.

Oil production shutdowns are increasingly likely as several players in the sector push their own agenda.

The determinative factors that swayed the War for Tripoli - launched by Gen. Khalifa Hifter in April 2019 - were novel military, technological, and diplomatic phenomena.

Even if something resembling a political deal emerges and militias are progressively cut off from external sources of military support, the core economic issues that gave rise to the six years of Libyan civil conflict will still remain.

There are few contemporary global conflicts where the UN is still the primary mediator, peacekeeper, or forum for political negotiations. Libya is an exception.

Largely overlooked in international policymaking toward Libya’s current conflict is the role of corruption as a key driver of violence, as opposed to merely its byproduct.

International peace-making efforts in Libya remain doomed if they cannot address the root causes of malaise: flawed economic institutions and the lack of a social contract.

International players have the tools to prevent Libya from becoming enshrined as a kingdom of militias, but only if they transcend their divergent approaches to cut off the belligerents’ purse strings.

Following its territorial loss of Sirte in December 2016, the Islamic State in Libya has rebounded to wage a war of attrition that seeks to derail Libyan state formation.

After years of civil war in Libya, the recent plan to hold elections there seems like a rare ray of sunshine, creating hope that the country may be on the path to peace. However, caution is needed.

This article looks at how al-Qaida-linked groups focus on the local struggle in Libya, how they have shaped their strategies and activities in the country, and what impact this has had on the communities where they are active.

This article examines ISIS’s pre-history, birth, expansion, consolidation, and dispersal in Libya, as well as the broader political context of the country.

Haftar’s advance westwards has coincided with increasingly public support from Russia, Egypt, and even Trump - this is cause for concern.

Surprising as it may be stateside, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is wildly popular in Libya, and Tripoli needs an unorthodox approach.

Despite flaws, the Libyan deal represent a significant achievement. A mediated settlement was the only way to prevent further military escalation.

While Miliband is right to point out that Libya would have fared better had the Western administered more capacity-building assistance after Qadhafi’s fall, his speech writers haven't studied the history of Western involvement in Libya enough.

The war in Libya is not about religion or ideology; it is about greed and vengeance. By not lending our tacit support to either side we could remove the poisonous injections of cash and weapons that drive the conflict.

There is no appetite among Libyans for foreign peacekeepers. But there needs to be a more visible and substantive multilateral commitment to Libya.

Libya’s leadership must put an end to the militias’ mythology by finally defending itself in the court of public opinion.

Inter-group squabbling reigns as the country stalls on drafting its new constitution.

Given the state of misunderstanding of Libyan realities on the Hill, it is unsurprising that Congress seeks to treat the new Libyan government as untrustworthy partners and therefore seek to securitize our bilateral relationship.

Libyans want to put the Qadhafi era behind them, but they also want capable individuals to draft the constitution, keep the lights on and the oil flowing. To achieve this they need a strong, moderate leadership.

At present, Libya’s new central government is so weak that swaths of the country are ungoverned space. Since multilateral engagement won the war, it is now time to reconstitute the coalition to win the peace.

Libya should be held up as a poster child for a Western diplomacy that seriously engages with Muslim populations rather than just propping up their dictators.

Spontaneous street demonstrations denouncing the attack in Benghazi sought to pressure the government to act against its perpetrators, suggesting that Libyans are determined to build an inclusive society free from fear.