Militarization of foreign competition for reconstruction contracts in Libya

Notes are from Foreign Policy Magazine daily briefing, Friday 8/23

The battle to rebuild Libya. Foreign stakeholders including China, Russia, Italy, France, and the Persian Gulf States are competing over reconstruction projects in Libya, with the most lucrative in the country’s oil industry. The militarization of this contest could be prolonging the country’s conflict, Samuel Ramani argues in FP.

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