15+ hour, 20+ min ago   (241+ words) Michael Young: What motivated you to write The Revolutionists, and take it in the rather original direction of placing both purported Marxists and Islamists in the same category? What did you want readers to take away with them? So, to…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1495+ words) One of the most significant amendments adopted by Parliament was the removal of a phrase that Banque du Liban Governor Karim Souaid had insisted on retaining: “in compliance with the Code of Money and Credit, particularly Article 70.” The purpose of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (656+ words) Much of the debate has focused on who will bear the losses: the state, Banque du Liban, commercial banks or depositors. Yet one of the draft law’s most important consequences has received remarkably little attention. It may fundamentally change the…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (810+ words) Türkiye is positioning itself for a role in a new security framework for southern Lebanon as the United Nations prepares to end nearly five decades of peacekeeping operations, raising concerns over a possible security vacuum along the Israeli-Lebanese frontier. President…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (180+ words) Beyond security, the United States and Kuwait have deepened their economic and commercial ties substantially since the signing in 2004 of the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement. America is one of Kuwait’s leading suppliers of goods and services, and Kuwait plays…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (94+ words) This strategy appears to rest on four principal pillars, ranked broadly by their immediate military significance. If this assessment proves correct, the coming weeks and months are likely to witness sustained operations directed not at symbolic political targets but at…...

1+ mon, 7+ hour ago   (216+ words) Circumstances are ripe for a successful visit, but both presidents are looking for more than bonhomie—Aoun needs practical U.S. commitments of operational and financial support, while Trump needs additional evidence of Beirut’s seriousness on disarming Hezbollah. Since then, President…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (947+ words) Twelver Shiites constitute approximately 8% of the world’s Muslims. Remaining Shiite groups, such as the Zaydis and their branches, and the Ismailis, make up about 5% of the world’s Muslims. They are peaceful, embrace a culture of coexistence and cooperation, and reject…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1023+ words) Waiting for a financial recovery plan. Waiting for the government. Waiting for the IMF. Waiting for the banks. Waiting for someone, anyone, to decide what should happen to their trapped deposits. If there is one thing the Lebanese state has…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (199+ words) The president will have his work cut out for him. Lebanon’s restrictions have existed for the past 71 years. But the direct peace negotiations between Lebanon and Israel are challenging this taboo on Lebanese contact with Israelis. Increasingly, Lebanese are talking…...