Foreign intervention played a decisive role in Libya's revolution. What lessons should be learned and what can be done by foreign powers now? How did oil contribute to Libya's fragmentation and can it now bring the country back together? Why are Libya's post-revolution governments so ineffective?
Nate Mason was the Commercial Attache at the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli from December 2011 to March 2013. He served as a U.S. government advisor embedded with the Liberian Ministry of Commerce & Industry proper to that. From 2001-2010, he covered Libya as the North Africa Desk Officer at the U.S. Department of Commerce. He is not an independent consultant focusing on the Middle East & North Africa.
As part of the Ford Institute Speaker Series. Light lunch will be served.