Libya

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People

Projects

The Persistence of Colonialism: A Century of Italo-Libyan Relationships and its Influence on the Current Mediterranean Migration Regime (1911 - 2017)

Publications

Peer-reviewed Journal Article

Tartir, Alaa & Nicolas Florquin (2021) Urban Peace-Building through Community-Based Initiatives to Control SALWs in Libya, Journal of Illicit Economies and Development 2(2): 99–103.

Tjønn, Mathias Hatleskog (2019) Å gjøre vann til olje. Kolonitidens betydning for den italiensk-libyske oljeindustrien [Turning Water into Oil: Colonial Continuity in the Italo-Libyan Petroleum Industry], Babylon – Nordisk tidsskrift for Midtøstenstudier 17(2): 32–44.

Hudson, Heidi (2014) Gendercidal Violence and the Technologies of Othering in Libya and Rwanda, Africa Insight 44(1): 103–120.

Hansen, Susanne & Nicholas Marsh (2014) Normative power and organized hypocrisy: European Union member states’ arms export to Libya, European Security 24(2): 264–286.

Monograph

Tunander, Ola (2012) Libyenkrigets geopolitik: Humanitär intervention eller kolonialkrig? [Geopolitics of the Libya War: Humanitarian Intervention or Colonial War?]. Lund (Sweden): Celanders.

Non-refereed Journal Article

Tjønn, Mathias Hatleskog (2018) The 'Europeanization' of the Italian Migration Regime: Historicizing its Prerequisites, Development, and Transfer, from the 'Oil Shock' to the Mediterranean 'Migration Crisis', Global Histories: a Student Journal 4(2): 144–162.

PRIO Report

Tziarras, Zenonas; & Sigvart Nordhov Fredriksen (2020) The Libya Conflict and its Security Implications for the Broader Region, Re-imagining the Eastern Mediterranean Series: PCC Report, 4. Nicosia: PRIO Cyprus Centre.

Master Thesis

Tjønn, Mathias Hatleskog (2019) The Persistence of Colonialism: A Century of Italo-Libyan Relationships and Its Influence on the Current Mediterranean Migration Regime (1911–2017). MA thesis, Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History, University of Oslo, Oslo.

PRIO Policy Brief

Rustad, Siri Aas; Håvard Mokleiv Nygård & Fredrik Methi (2020) Are the Coronavirus Ceasefires Working?, Conflict Trends, 4. Oslo: PRIO.

Ioannou, Ioannis Sotirios & Zenonas Tziarras (2020) Turning the Tide in Libya: Rival Administrations in a New Round of Conflict, PRIO Cyprus Centre Policy Brief, 1. Nicosia: PRIO Cyprus Centre.

News

What Erdogan Really Wants in the Eastern Mediterranean - 25 Jan 2021
Geopolitical Antagonisms Usher Libya Into a New Conflict Phase - 24 Jun 2020
Interviews on the endgame of the Libyan civil war - 05 Sep 2011

Past Events

Thu, 06 Jun 2019 12:00-14:00 - Forgotten Conflicts - Hidden Trends
Thu, 29 Sep 2016 11:30-18:00 - Conference: Re-thinking UNSCR1325
09 - 11 May 2013 - Struggles over Emerging States in Africa
Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:00-15:30 - UN, NATO and the Libya Intervention: Promise or Peril for the 'Responsibility to Protect'?

Blog Posts

The Persistence of Colonialism

Posted by Mathias Hatleskog Tjønn on Wednesday, 13 May 2020

How can colonial history help us to understand and explain the present European approach to migration across the Mediterranean? Today, we increasingly see the European Union (EU) attempting to move border controls and migration management beyond the Mediterranean and into countries along the coast of North Africa and Asia Minor. ... Read more »

The Norwegian Libya Commission: An Important Report, But We’re Still Missing Answers

Posted by Kristian Berg Harpviken on Tuesday, 25 September 2018

The Norwegian government must have known that the 2011 bombing campaign in Libya could lead to the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, argues PRIO researcher Kristian Berg Harpviken. In light of the recent release of the commission’s official report on Norway’s participation in the military operation in Libya, Harpviken was asked ... Read more »

How Far Should We Go to Stop Migration to Europe?

Posted by Øystein Rolandsen, Marie Sandnes & Nic Marsh on Monday, 4 December 2017

The police, the military and militia groups in Libya are keeping refugees away from Europe. Reports link this situation to funding from the EU and Italy. The money passes through intermediaries, but Europe must bear responsibility nevertheless for making the funds available. To restrict the numbers of refugees arriving from ... Read more »