Shelf Control: It’s Time for Lebanon to Make Prices Reasonable
War raises prices, traders raise them further, and Lebanon has the tools to stop it.
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The Price We Pay: Why Prices in Lebanon Go Up, But Rarely Down
With more than a million displaced and food insecurity rising, Lebanon must build the price governance that stops crisis profiteering.
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Glass Decades: The Sunset of Gulf Exceptionalism
The Iran war has forced a reckoning for the GCC’s 35-year project to build security and splendor.
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A Play for Time: The Theatre of Lebanon-Israel Negotiations
In talks scripted by Washington, Lebanon tries to improv its way to sovereignty.
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Lebanon Cannot Be Bombed Into Sovereignty
A sovereign Lebanon and a demilitarised Hezbollah cannot happen without a credible political transition.
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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.
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Doctor’s Orders: Keep Smoking to Fund the State
How Lebanon’s treasury got hooked on tobacco profits at the public’s expense.
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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.
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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.
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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
