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The Illusion of Balance: Lebanon’s 2026 Budget is Nothing More than Deadline Theatre
The budget is a constitutional ritual dressed up as fiscal discipline — with the real balance sheet left off the books
Mission Control: Damascus’ Home Front Strategy in Joining the Anti-ISIS Coalition
Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa attempts to toe the line between international interference and domestic fragility
Homes of Hardship: How the Lebanese Family Unit is Coming Undone
The next generation of Lebanese households is fraying under falling birth rates, mass emigration, declining marriages, and economic hardships.
Turning Jewish Supremacy into Universal Suffrage in Israel-Palestine
“From Apartheid to Democracy: A Blueprint for Peace in Israel-Palestine” articulates a framework that could, one day, make equality and peace possible.
Returned to Rubble: The EU’s Reckless Push to Deport Syrian Refugees
Prioritizing politics over practical solutions for Syrian refugee return is immoral and self-defeating for Europe.
Blood in the Sky: Lebanon’s Slaughter of Migratory Birds
Poachers massacre millions annually along a critical transit corridor
Pandora’s Vault: Why Lebanon’s Gold Reserves Should Stay in the Safe
Using gold to underpin Lebanon’s deposit recovery risks making today’s fix tomorrow’s crisis
Crude Contest: The Peril and Promise in Syria’s Oil Standoff
How the Damascus-SDF impasse over oilfield control could define Syria’s postwar recovery
Stacked Against Her: Lebanese Women’s Uphill Struggle for Economic Equity
The systemic and deliberate way women are robbed of financial autonomy
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.
Back Against the Wall: Syria Stares Down a New Regional Order
The US and Israel press Damascus to trade sovereignty for stability
Know This Series: Behind the Electoral Law Battle – A Political Conflict in Legal Disguise
Know This Series: Lebanon’s Gold — A Crisis Solution or a Risky Gamble?
Injustice Upon Injustice: Lebanon’s Failure to Investigate Israeli War Crimes
The Lebanese state itself violates international law by not pursuing legal redress for its citizens
Yes or No: Between Showmanship and Reality — The Truth Behind Trump’s So-Called Peace
Sovereignty vs Subordination: Lebanon’s Fraught Affair with US Military Aid
As the Lebanese state seeks a monopoly on arms, it risks trading one master for another
Know This Series: From Dominance to Dialogue — The Gradual Path Toward Renewed Lebanese-Syrian Ties
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Yes or No: Lebanon’s Kafala System — Modern-Day Slavery in Disguise
From Fleeting Wins to Grassroots Power: Why Lebanon’s Seculars Must Rethink the 2026 Elections
Secular forces must move beyond a focus on short-term gains and reimagine the electoral process as a vehicle for grassroots engagement and community building
Lebanon’s Water Strategy: Drowning in Promises, Thirsting for Action
Plans for new dams, canals, and treatment plants will fail without governance reform, pollution control, and demand management
Isolation vs Engagement: The Battle for Druze Identity
The Levantine community caught between al-Tanoukhi’s Legacy and the Zionist Project
Know This Series: Lebanon’s Depositors Betrayed – Billions Written Off In Silence
Lebanese-Syrian Relations: From Damascus’ Dominance to a New Brotherly Balance
How a post-Assad Syria and a reformist Lebanon are recalibrating their relationship
Behind Bars, Beyond the Law: Syrian Inmates in Lebanon
How the fate of thousands hinges on the shifting political winds in Beirut and Damascus
Lebanon’s Slave Trade: Recasting Migrant Domestic Work in the Courts
How Meseret Hailu’s Landmark Slavery Case Could Transform Lebanon’s Kafala System
Know This Series: The Beirut Water Project – Debt Without Drops
The Militia and The Mafia: Breaking Lebanon’s Ruling Binary
The 2026 elections are the next crucial step in challenging the country’s long reign of violence and corruption
Know This Series: Breaking Boundaries – Israel’s Campaign Beyond Accountability
Flagrant Firepower: Israel’s Undermining of the Rules-Based Order
How Israeli attacks on Lebanon, Syria, and Iran distort the legal principle of self-defense and risk a more violent world
Here We Flow Again: Beirut Water Project Set to Keep Taps Dry and Debts High
Desperate for water, Lebanon may sign on to a project that brings debt today and dams tomorrow.
Trust Before Transition: Lebanon’s Stalled Campaign to Disarm Palestinian Camps
Amid regional and international pressure to rein in armed groups, the Lebanese state is failing to reassert its sovereignty
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.
Know This Series: Lebanon and the World Bank — Recovery or Dependency?
Bread at Risk: Securing Lebanon’s Nutritional Staple Amid Rising Crises
Politicians must uphold the most basic promise of governance – to feed the people.
Know This Series: From Financial Engineering to Offshore Companies – Tracing the Crimes Behind Lebanon’s Collapse
Reform or Repetition: Lebanon’s Defining Test on Syrian Refugees
The new government’s approach to the refugee crisis will define its moral legacy and credibility as a force for reform
Yes or No: Is Israel Still America’s Closest Ally? Beyond the Illusion of a Shifting Agenda
Reconstructing Our Homes: Solving Lebanon’s Housing Crisis For Good
Know This Series: The New Syrian Authority and the Druze – Between Present Challenges and Future Choices
The Resistance Beyond Arms: Hezbollah Must Loosen Its Grip on the Gun
Lebanon has a third option between civil strife and indefinite military dualism
Sinking the Nation: How Lebanon’s Elite Offshored Their Loot
An analysis of the sprawling financial networks abroad Lebanese politicians and bankers created while steering their country toward disaster
Know This Series: Disarming the Narrative – Real Answers to Lebanon’s Military Dualism
Ending Lebanon’s Military Dualism: Hezbollah’s Disarmament Requires Process More Than Pressure
Lebanon has a third option between civil strife and indefinite military dualism
Know This Series: Media Propaganda Paved the Way for Lebanon’s Collapse
Rewired Influence: Syria’s Power Crisis Invites Geopolitical Tug-of-War
Damascus must choose between foreign dependency and energy sovereignty in redeveloping its energy sector
Yes or No: Does MTV Practice the Transparency It Preaches?
Who owns MTV, and how is it funded? We expose the TV channel’s hypocrisy in its ongoing smear campaign against independent media in Lebanon.
No Peace Without Process: Changing Course on Hezbollah’s Arms
A pragmatic framework to unify national defense and security under Lebanese state control
Who is fueling a new round of escalation in Lebanon? The recent rockets as a case in point
Yes or No: Is Lebanon Close to Securing Its Long-Awaited IMF Loan?
Yes or No: Is There Any Strategic Value to Israel’s Occupation of Five Locations in Lebanon?
Know This Series: What Is the Real Cost of the Latest War on Lebanon?
Know This Series: Lebanon’s New Government Faces an Uphill Struggle for Reform
The Weight of Expectations: Lebanon’s Uphill Struggle for Reform
Reformers must be realistic about what the new government can achieve while setting the groundwork for 2026 elections
Know This Series: Lebanon’s Housing Crisis from Emergency Response to Sustainable Solutions
Chained by Aid: Washington’s Tariff on Lebanon’s Pursuit of Justice
The US has long leveraged its super-power status to give Israel impunity from international accountability
Missing the Mark: Delayed Reconstruction Aid Harms Lebanon’s Homeless, not Hezbollah
International actors’ absence from the rebuilding effort leaves IDPs with nowhere to turn but the Party of God
Lebanon’s Path to Accountability and Justice Is Through Joining the ICC
The country must break the cycle of impunity and strengthen its sovereignty by ratifying the Rome Statute
Know This Series: Lebanon’s Agri-Food Sector: A Fragile Foundation Exposed
How the war impacted Lebanon’s food supply chain and how to fix it
Bye Bye General, Hello Mr. President: Lebanon’s Fait Accompli Head of State
Lebanon’s new president inherits a broken system; his actions will dictate whether he is a reformer or ‘just another general’
