Libyan Strongman News Today

The challenge for Western policymakers is to avoid viewing Russian activism in the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa through an exclusively zero-sum lens. The region’s political disarray, complexities, and especially the unpredictability of local rulers all present built-in buffers to Russian influence—as they do to all external players.

Get inside libya. >> this doesnt only give them greater power in africa, but it gives them a foothold in the mediterranean on the southern edge of europe where they can potentially threaten u.s. interests and those of u.s. allies. so this is a big deal. >> reporter: russias influence is moving fast. earlier this month, the u.s.-back leader based in western libya was in moscow meeting with foreign minister sergey lavrov. >> translator: our relations with russia are strong and deep rooted. we plan...