Op-Ed: Libya’s Turning Point – How China’s Advance, and a Rising Youth Movement, Give America a Rare Second Chance

For years, Washington dismissed Libya as a chaotic sideshow—too messy to fix and too distant to matter. As America looked away, China moved in. Beijing understood what U.S. policymakers ignored: Libya is the strategic hinge of North Africa, a key energy hub on the Mediterranean, and home to critical resources...