On April 15, 2020, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) together with HSE School of Asian Studies held an online discussion focusing on the topic Libyan Crisis: Current Status and Prospects for Settlement. The participants in the discussion discussed the ethnical, confessional and tribal factor in the coordinate system of the political crisis, the role of Muslim brotherhood and Salafis, Sufis, radical forces, clans, and families. Particular attention was paid to the regional dimension of the conflict, competition and external interference: the approaches of regional capitals, the formation of tactical and strategic coalitions. The experts presented their vision of the international dimension of the conflict (post-Geneva process, UN, EU and African Union) and scenarios for the development of the situation (military solution, political settlement or freezing of the conflict?).
On April 15, 2020, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) together with HSE School of Asian Studies held an online discussion focusing on the topic Libyan Crisis: Current Status and Prospects for Settlement. The participants in the discussion discussed the ethnical, confessional and tribal factor in the coordinate system of the political crisis, the role of Muslim brotherhood and Salafis, Sufis, radical forces, clans, and families. Particular attention was paid to the regional dimension of the conflict, competition and external interference: the approaches of regional capitals, the formation of tactical and strategic coalitions. The experts presented their vision of the international dimension of the conflict (post-Geneva process, UN, EU and African Union) and scenarios for the development of the situation (military solution, political settlement or freezing of the conflict?).
The event was opened by: Ivan Timofeev, RIAC Director of Programs; Andrei Baklanov, Head, Middle East and North Africa Studies Section, School of International Regional Studies, HSE; Andrey Chuprygin, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE, RIAC expert.
Speakers:
Vasily Kuznetsov, Director of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences, RIAC expert
Grigory Lukyanov, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Social Sciences, School of Politics and Governance at HSE, Research Fellow at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies at RAS Institute of Oriental Studies, RIAC Expert
Valery Matrosov, Lecturer, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, School of Asian Studies, HSE University
Kirill Semenov, Director of the Centre of Islamic Research at the Institute of Innovative Development, RIAC Expert
Alexey Khlebnikov, RIAC Expert
The meeting was moderated by Ruslan Mamedov, RIAC Program Manager (MENA).
