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We move forward, with those who still believe in a better Lebanon

Samara Azzi

Lebanon has a new Sunni terror front. Period.

The Times of Israel

Three years later: the rubble still speaks

Yusuf Kanli

A Second Devaluation Looms Over Lebanon’s Fragile Currency Regime

Samara Azzi

Lebanon Must Prioritise Depositors Before Politics Delays Reform Again

Samara Azzi

U.S. Policy Toward Lebanon: Obstacles to Dismantling Hezbollah’s Grip on Power

David Schenker

U.S. Policy Toward Lebanon: Obstacles to Dismantling Hezbollah’s Grip on Power

Hanin Ghaddar

Lebanon’s Gold: Between Political Posturing and Economic Reality

Samara Azzi

HEADLINES

Cash Economy

Lebanon’s Financial Gap Resolution Plan: Legalizing the Heist

The financial gap resolution plan announced by Nawaf’s government is being marketed as a path toward order, reform, and eventual…

It’s a Liquidity Problem, Not an Accounting Problem, Stupid

Banking Without Bankers: Why Lebanon Must End the Sub-Agent Experiment

Who Is Using the Hawala System in Lebanon — and Why It’s Growing

The Silence of the Lambs-Lebanon’s Leaders Look Away as One Man Stands Against the Storm

Federalism Is the Only Shield Lebanon and Iraq Have Left in a Nuclearizing Middle East

COMMENTARY

A necessary conversation: On Cyprus, security, and the missing half of the story

The Silence of the Lambs-Lebanon’s Leaders Look Away as One Man Stands Against the Storm

Lebanon’s banks are running out of excuses

Why There Will Never Be Another Einstein

Magazine

Cyprus at a dual inflection point: Symbolism, fragmentation, and the politics of recalibration

Cyprus is approaching one of the most consequential political moments since the collapse of the Crans-Montana talks in 2017. On both…

Turkey in the Middle Eastern ‘swamp’

Yemen’s Arab Spring Left Its Air Force In Disarray

The KGB’s Middle East Files: Palestinians in the service of Mother Russia

No-shows at the Wedding