Nizar Ghanem is the Director of Research at Triangle and API, with more than a decade of experience in qualitative and quantitative research, economic development, governance and training. Nizar’s research portfolio includes designing and leading key research projects, needs assessments and baseline surveys for EU, USAID, NORAD, UNDP, UNICEF, ESCWA, and World Learning. Before founding his previous consultancy, Menapolis, Nizar was a Senior Analyst at the Lebanese Centre for Policy Studies. Nizar has also authored several reports and scholarly articles on a variety of topics related to governance and development in the West Asia region. Nizar holds a Bachelors in Business and Accounting from Notre Dame University, Lebanon and a Masters in International Relations and Economics from The School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, USA.
Disarm for Dollars: Trump’s ‘Cash-for-Peace’ Deal May Leave Ordinary Lebanese out in the Street
US ties aid for Lebanon to a demilitarized Hezbollah and detente with Israel, kicking financial reforms to the curb.
Damascus between Ibn Arabi and Ibn Taymiyyah: a clash of visions and a lost pluralism
What is fracturing in Syria is not doctrine or ritual, but an entire model of rule and social organisation
Isolation vs Engagement: The Battle for Druze Identity
The Levantine community caught between al-Tanoukhi’s Legacy and the Zionist Project
Divided It Falls: Syria’s Sweida Brings Forth its Most Dangerous post-Assad Moment
Unless Damascus changes course, Syria’s minorities will turn to outside protectors, fueling division and imperiling national unity.
The Hard Truth About Syria: No Clean Hands, No Easy Solutions
The Assad regime and global powers have broken Syria—only a new consensus can repair it.
Conflict Response to Ongoing Israeli Assault: Safeguarding Citizens and State
Amid Israeli onslaught, Lebanese policymakers must unite against worst-case outcomes.
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
Sign of the Times: The information That Tripolitans Need To Survive
Since the beginning of Lebanon’s financial collapse in 2019, access to information has become more critical than ever.
Lebanon Bank Holdups, Who Is The Real Criminal?
Lebanon’s bank hold ups are the result of lawlessness created by banks, not desperate depositors