The country’s path to elections and sustainable peace is full of unspoken obstacles.
![Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh gestures during the re-opening of the cross road across the frozen frontline between east and west in Libya, June 20, 2021. [Ayman al-Sahili/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2021-06-20T150752Z_570549925_RC2F4O94DQ1G_RTRMADP_3_LIBYA-SECURITY.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Director of Middle East and North Africa Programs, United States Institute of Peace
The country’s path to elections and sustainable peace is full of unspoken obstacles.
![Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh gestures during the re-opening of the cross road across the frozen frontline between east and west in Libya, June 20, 2021. [Ayman al-Sahili/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2021-06-20T150752Z_570549925_RC2F4O94DQ1G_RTRMADP_3_LIBYA-SECURITY.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)