THE EUROPEAN UNION’S ROLE IN POST-GADDAFI LIBYA

Abstract

The research article aimed to study Libyan politics after the removal of Gaddafi and the role of EU towards Libyan crisis which emerged after the Arab Rising. There is no central government in the country after the killing of Gaddafi which led to the empowerment of militias. The civil war brought a great humanitarian and migrant crisis. The US, France and Britain launched military operations against the dictator regime but they failed to adopt an integrated strategy to transfer power to a democratic government, which posses security and humanitarian challenges to the EU’s strategic interests. The EU’s role in Libya is just to support the reconstruction of the country and to stop the flow of migrants towards Europe. Moreover, the EU revealed its lack of leadership, while many member states have often disagreed on the EU’s policy towards Libya. This raises several pertinent questions with regard to the EU’s post-Lisbon global role.