We no longer inhabit the post-Cold War era. Our era of Global Enduring Disorder makes it particularly difficult for wealthy, geostrategically important post-conflict states to transition to stable governance as external and internal conflict actors pull them in a range of directions, making real reform or peacebuilding nearly impossible.
This paper investigates the ongoing Libya conflict through the Enduring Disorder paradigm, focusing on the financial and banking sectors, honing in on stakeholder perceptions of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), its transparency/opacity, and the “narrative wars” over who is to blame for, and who benefits from, Libya’s economic dysfunction, the lack of an annual budget, and the current lack of a quorum on the CBL board.
If you’ve been following the news, the world seems to have gone directly from a U.S.-led, international system to a pause in global order. On Wednesday, Dec. 14, at 6 p.m. at Vail Interfaith Chapel,.