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Decorative Inclusion: How Syria’s Transition Is Undercutting Women
A year and a half into Syria's post-Assad transition, it has become increasingly clear that roughly half the population — women — are being collectively pushed out of shaping the country's future. This is not an oversight of a government overwhelmed by reconstruction. It is a pattern, sustained...
A Play for Time: The Theatre of Lebanon-Israel Negotiations
In talks scripted by Washington, Lebanon tries to improv its way to sovereignty.
Capable or Credible: Building Lebanon’s Leverage in Negotiations with Israel
Many claim the Lebanese government has no hand to play in negotiations, but leverage is more than a question of hard power.
Lebanon Cannot Be Bombed Into Sovereignty
A sovereign Lebanon and a demilitarised Hezbollah cannot happen without a credible political transition
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
Small Carrot, Long Stick: Lebanese Government’s Foreign Backers Demand Compliance Without Protection
Aligning with the West and Gulf has brought Lebanon no reprieve from Israel’s onslaught
Distorted State: How Hezbollah Survived, And What It Means For Lebanon
Thought to be shattered, Hezbollah’s return to the battlefield is challenging assumptions about the war, and reshaping Lebanon’s balance of power
Holding the Line: Syria’s Calculated Posture on the Lebanese Border
Why Damascus is containing spillover without stepping into the war
After the Prisons: Justice for Syria’s Former Detainees Requires Policy to Match Rethoric
Survivors of Assad’s detention system need Syrias government to develop a clear, systemized, state-led path to reintegration if they are ever to realise justice
Rest for the Wicked: The Risks for Lebanon in Sheltering Assad’s Fugitives
Lebanese government policy of inaction on former Syrian regime figures within its borders comes at the country’s peril
Last Card is Rarely Lucky: Lebanon’s Next War of Survival
Hezbollah has dragged Lebanon into a war it cannot control—leaving the state to rebuild leverage from weakness.
Doctor’s Orders: Keep Smoking to Fund the State
How Lebanon’s treasury got hooked on tobacco profits at the public’s expense
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
