Why can’t Lebanon’s leaders fix its economic crisis? Jamal Ibrahim Haidar and Adeel Malik - October 20, 2021 Lebanese politicians and elites profit from their corrupt system — and foreign donors keep propping them up to hang onto their own influence
Lebanon’s government resigned. Here are three possibilities for what’s next. Jeffrey Karam - October 31, 2019 One, of course, is listening to protesters’ demands for reforms.
Trump’s Golan Heights tweet disregards decades of U.S. commitment to U.N. resolutions Jeremy Pressman - March 22, 2019 Here’s what recognizing Israeli sovereignty of the strategic land could mean for the region.
Will Israel’s Palestinian Arab citizens turn out to vote? Shibley Telhami - March 19, 2019 Here is what our new poll shows.
Lebanese citizens vote Sunday. Here are 4 things to know about the first parliamentary elections since 2009. Jeffrey Karam - May 4, 2018 [caption id="attachment_72951" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A poster of the Koullouna Watani
Beirut’s lessons for how not to rebuild a war-torn city Julia Tierney - October 12, 2016 [caption id="attachment_47662" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Workers load garbage bags into trucks
How Israel’s Jewishness is overtaking its democracy Shibley Telhami - March 8, 2016 [caption id="attachment_36900" align="aligncenter" width="908"] A demonstrator holds an Israeli flag
The Syrian military has thousands of deserters. New research tells us why they left. Kevin Koehler, Holger Albrecht, and Dorothy Ohl - December 17, 2015 [caption id="attachment_33649" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Syrian civilians who volunteered to join