The American Brookings Institution for Research has issued a report proposing a number of options for the newly formed US administration of Joe Biden to settle the Libyan conflict.
The first suggestion proposed was that Washington could maintain the Trump administration’s policy of disengagement from Libya. The participation in Libya should be limited to counterterrorism strikes against remnants of Al-Qaeda and IS.
The institute expect’s Moscow to object to such an arrangement, indicating that Libya may somehow be a region with common ground between Russia and the United States, and how even China can play a role.
Brookings alternatively recommended the Biden administration increase its diplomatic participation, noting that in addition to the counter-terrorism strikes, it could include a wider list of goals, including encouraging the equitable distribution of oil revenues among Libyan parties.
Libya fell into chaos following the 2011 overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, leading to two rival administrations being established in the west and east of the country. The Government of National Accord (GNA) is based in Tripoli, while the Libyan Parliament is based in the east and supported by the Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar.