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Adapt or Trapped: The Urgent Need for Climate Change Adaptation in Lebanon
Climate change could ruin Lebanon; adaptation must be central to any recovery plan.
Fighting Words: An Analysis of Hezbollah’s Narrative since the War on Gaza
How the Party of God’s narrative has evolved, and what it means.
Flatline to Pulse: Prioritising Reform and Recovery in Lebanon’s State-Owned Enterprises
Lebanon’s state-owned enterprises face challenges post-crisis, with the balance between cost-recovery and strategic privatisation key to fiscal health.
Running from Disaster: A Roadmap for Rescuing Lebanon’s Telecoms and Electricity Sectors
Reform of state-owned enterprises is both possible and necessary, starting with electricity and telecoms.
Redeeming Lifesavings: The Progressive Deposit Recovery Plan
The Progressive Deposit Recovery Plan offers an opportunity for accountability and the redemption of the Lebanese people’s lifesavings.
Arab Diplomacy Unmasked: Behind the Veil of Unity on Gaza
Arab states’ public support for Gaza contrasts with their strategic ties with Israel, revealing a gap between rhetoric and realpolitik.
Don’t Let It Burn: Lebanon’s Last Chance for a Progressive Deposit Recovery Plan
Reckless profiteering and the banking sector’s insolvency demand a bold deposit recovery plan to restore financial integrity in Lebanon.
Independence Day: Time to End France’s Protection of Lebanon’s Elite
On the 80th anniversary of Lebanon’s independence, Paris must end its foreign policy of cultivating Lebanese political factionalism.
Pity the nation that enters into an unwinnable war
Lebanon cannot afford a war with no end game, and neither can the world.
‘THEY’ HAVE NAMES: WHO’S BEHIND LEBANON’S BANKS & STATE.
Analysis
Fighting Words: An Analysis of Hezbollah’s Narrative since the War on Gaza
How the Party of God’s narrative has evolved, and what it means.
Arab Diplomacy Unmasked: Behind the Veil of Unity on Gaza
Arab states’ public support for Gaza contrasts with their strategic ties with Israel, revealing a gap between rhetoric and realpolitik.
Sayrafa Explained: How Lebanon’s Central Bank Quells Unrest by Subsidising Elites
“A weak and inefficient monetary tool”
Fanning the Flames: How Misinformation on Social Media Exacerbates Community Tensions
Social media enhances social connections on digital networks but has also facilitated the rapid dissemination of misinformation.
Policy
Flatline to Pulse: Prioritising Reform and Recovery in Lebanon’s State-Owned Enterprises
Lebanon’s state-owned enterprises face challenges post-crisis, with the balance between cost-recovery and strategic privatisation key to fiscal health.
Running from Disaster: A Roadmap for Rescuing Lebanon’s Telecoms and Electricity Sectors
Reform of state-owned enterprises is both possible and necessary, starting with electricity and telecoms.
Lebanese State-Owned Enterprises: Navigating Reform and Recovery
A roadmap for state-owned enterprises reform in Lebanon, emphasizing transparency, good governance, and rejecting the controversial ‘Sovereign Fund’ to steer towards economic stability.
Redeeming Lifesavings: The Progressive Deposit Recovery Plan
The Progressive Deposit Recovery Plan offers an opportunity for accountability and the redemption of the Lebanese people’s lifesavings.
Commentary
Independence Day: Time to End France’s Protection of Lebanon’s Elite
On the 80th anniversary of Lebanon’s independence, Paris must end its foreign policy of cultivating Lebanese political factionalism.
Pity the nation that enters into an unwinnable war
Lebanon cannot afford a war with no end game, and neither can the world.
Sanction elites to stop Lebanon from becoming a failed state
Only coordinated US and EU sanctions may prevent Lebanese leaders from driving the country into the void.
Burnt Bulb: EDL Reforms Being Foiled From the Top
Electricity crisis set to worsen as caretaker energy minister stifles long awaited reforms.
Infographics
Fighting Words: An Analysis of Hezbollah’s Narrative since the War on Gaza
How the Party of God’s narrative has evolved, and what it means. Read the full analysis.
Running From Disaster: A Roadmap for Rescuing Lebanon’s Telecoms and Electricity Sectors
Reform of state-owned enterprises is both possible and necessary, starting with electricity and telecoms. Read the full paper.
Don’t Let It Burn: Lebanon’s Last Chance for a Progressive Deposit Recovery Plan
A guide for recovering the lifesavings of Lebanese depositors. Read full article
Onwards and Upwards? The Lira’s Treacherous Route Ahead
Will Mansouri succeed where Salameh deliberately failed? Read full article
Crude and Green: Energy Giants Scoop Up Lebanon’s Oil, Wind and Solar
Oversight absent as TotalEnergies and QatarEnergy take over the energy sector.
Houses Without Homes: Beirut’s Affordable Housing Crisis
How decades of real estate ‘financialization’ have built a city few can afford to live in.
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Fighting Words: An Analysis of Hezbollah’s Narrative since the War on Gaza
How the Party of God’s narrative has evolved, and what it means.
Flatline to Pulse: Prioritising Reform and Recovery in Lebanon’s State-Owned Enterprises
Lebanon’s state-owned enterprises face challenges post-crisis, with the balance between cost-recovery and strategic privatisation key to fiscal health.
Running from Disaster: A Roadmap for Rescuing Lebanon’s Telecoms and Electricity Sectors
Reform of state-owned enterprises is both possible and necessary, starting with electricity and telecoms.
Lebanese State-Owned Enterprises: Navigating Reform and Recovery
A roadmap for state-owned enterprises reform in Lebanon, emphasizing transparency, good governance, and rejecting the controversial ‘Sovereign Fund’ to steer towards economic stability.
Redeeming Lifesavings: The Progressive Deposit Recovery Plan
The Progressive Deposit Recovery Plan offers an opportunity for accountability and the redemption of the Lebanese people’s lifesavings.