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After the uprising leading to the end of the Qaddafi regime, Libya has a historic opportunity to become a democratic country in the Western sense if the peacebuilding process is successfully completed in the country in the post-conflict period. This article aims to outline the basic steps of the peacebuilding process, involving transitional justice, forming a representative government, strengthening security, making a new constitution, economic reconstruction, and national reconciliation, in that order. The study also emphasizes that since post-conflict situations usually require outside help due to institutional weaknesses, as well as limited human and financial resources, the assistance of the international community to Libya is crucial in the process of peacebuilding. Adapted from the source document.

This article analyzes, through a historic perspective, the ongoing conflict on Cyprus between the Greek and Turkish, ethnic groups in the context of relational problems, resulting from past hurts on the island, as well as unresolved traumas in the larger Greek-Turkish history. It is a critique of the traditional analyses of the conflict which pay more attention to legal or political problems. The study suggests that a durable settlement on Cyprus requires overcoming psychological barriers between the Cypriot communities. In this respect, many confidence building measures are proposed and discussed in detail. Adapted from the source document.