Stephanie T. Williams
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Stephanie T. Williams
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Global nomad. Former U.S. and UN diplomat, served in Libya, Iraq, Jordan, Bahrain, UAE, Kuwait & Pakistan. Grew up in India, Afghanistan & Pakistan.
America alone, led by the loony isolationist-in-chief.
April 4, 2025 at 7:41 AM
The book’s forward was written by Ghassan Salamé and the gorgeous cover photo is the work of the talented Libyan photographer Hiba Shalabi. All of my personal proceeds will go towards charity (must be organizations based in the UK). 6/7
March 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I offer ideas on how to break Libya’s cycle of division and dysfunction to meet the longstanding aspirations of the Libyan people to live in peace and dignity. Finally, I discuss the future of peacemaking given the current breakdown in the international order. 5/7
March 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM
..how we built the Berlin Process & navigated through conflict and COVID to broker the October 2020 ceasefire agreement & the subsequent political agreement. I lay out the pernicious effect of new media on peacemaking & how disinformation and hate speech have exacerbated Libya’s fragmentation. 4/7
March 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I analyze the underlying drivers of the Libyan conflict, as well as the motivations of the international actors and the various Libyan protagonists. I take the reader through General Haftar’s attempted coup d’état in April 2019 and the bloody war that it spawned,...3/7
March 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM
This account offers my first-hand examination of post-Qaddafi Libya, using concrete examples from my experience in the country as a senior UN mediator and former US diplomat. 2/7
March 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I am pleased to announce the publication of my book "Libya Since Qaddafi: Chaos and the Search for Peace." It will be published in the UK by Hurst Publishers (London) on April 17, 2025 and in the U.S. by Oxford University Press in June of this year. 1/7

www.hurstpublishers.com/book/libya-s...
March 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM