Libya and the Return of Strategic Leadership in the Mediterranean

by February 2026

Today, we turn to the Mediterranean — and to a voice that carries the weight of experience at the highest levels of American and allied leadership.
Our focus is an important analysis published in the Jerusalem Strategic Tribune by General James L. Jones — a four-star Marine Corps General, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe, former Commander of U.S. European Command, and former National Security Advisor to the President of the United States.

General James L. Jones (Ret.), USMC
General James L. Jones served as the 21st United States National Security Advisor (2009–2010). A four-star Marine Corps general, he was the 32nd Commandant of the Marine Corps and later Commander of U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR). He serves on the Board of Directors of World Herald Tribune Inc. and the Jerusalem Strategic Tribune.