Fuat Emir Şefkatli received his undergraduate degree from Yeditepe University, having studied in the Department of Political Science and International Relations. He received his master's degree from the University of Plymouth, having studied in the Department of International Relations and Development. Fuat Emir's current research interests include soft power, China-Africa relations, and Red Sea and East African geopolitics. He is a North African Studies research assistant with an advanced command of English and an intermediate command of German.
In the parliamentary session held on February 10, Fathi Bashagha, former Minister of Interior and one of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh’s important western rivals in the presidential elections on December 24, was elected as the new Prime Minister of the transition period. The candidacies of only two (Bashagha and former Head of Civil Bureau Khalid Bibas) of the seven people were approved by the House of Representatives (HoR) and
The Libyan House of Representatives (HoR) adopted on Tuesday the proposal that excludes the High Council of State (HCS) from determining the interim government. With the proposal, which was accepted by 21 votes to 30, the HCS was pushed out of the decision mechanism where the interim government would be determined. Speaking after the meeting, HoR Speaker Saleh did not reveal how many HoR members attended the session and how
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On Saturday, May 29, a military parade took place at Benina Airport in Benghazi with the participation of the militia groups from the southern and eastern regions of the country affiliated with
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