As a minority, opposition MPs must take a strategic approach to cement their legitimacy and start to make real change in the country.
Commentary
Battle Lines: Ten economic principles for Lebanon’s progressive opposition
Regardless of the election results, the progressive opposition movement needs to follow a clear set of economic principles to take to the people, and the IMF.
Foreign Legal Pressure Can Corner Lebanon’s Banking Elites
When Lebanon’s financial sector imploded, it was inevitable that the country’s elites would try to shunt those losses onto everyday Lebanese. Over several years, Lebanese bankers had gambled away their customers’ savings, leaving banks unable to meet their debts by October 2019 – if not earlier....
Why Lebanon Needs Renewable Energy Now
‘We really need solutions, because people can no longer pay for their generator bills’
SDRs Only Strengthen Lebanon’s Corrupt Elites
The IMF has allocated Lebanon $1.135 billion in Special Drawing Rights.
Here is Why the EU Should Sanction Lebanon’s Bankers
The banking sector is responsible for the current crisis in Lebanon. Sanctioning its leaders can help effect a solution
No More Bread and Games
Since Roman times, the tried and tested tools used by the ruling classes in order to appease the poorest have always been “panem et circenses,” or bread and circuses. And for the past three decades, Lebanon’s political circus has kept many a politician, pundit and plebeian much amused with a mix...
International Aid Can Help Lebanon Rid Itself of its Ruling Junta
The blast that flattened a large section of Beirut just over two weeks ago ripped apart the lives and property of countless people. It also created a pivotal moment for the international aid system: Donors and agencies can choose to be complicit in a power structure that supports the ruling junta,...
Government Recovery Plan Asks Too Much of Ordinary Lebanese, and Not Enough from Elites
Protect the poorest segments of the population from the dire consequences of the crisis
Lebanon Needs an IMF Bail-Out—Minus the Austerity
We must acknowledge our relative weakness on the international stage as we lower the drawbridge for the IMF