An Algerian-Tunisian-Libyan summit...prospects and challenges. Observers are optimistic about Algeria's announcement of holding a Tunisian- Libyan Neighborhood Summit every three months.

But the security challenges facing Libya, the state of almost chronic instability it suffers from, will constitute the first and biggest challenge facing this project, in the opinion of academic Hamza Hossam. The main driver of the tripartite initiative is theState of mutual security dependency, arising from its direct geographical proximity.