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Diwan
Gaza Has Created a Dilemma for Hezbollah
- Mohanad Hage Ali
- October 17, 2023
The party has spent almost two decades building up a deterrence capacity, and now may be its prisoner.
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Commentary
Arab Perspectives on the Middle East Crisis
- Rafiah Al Talei, Nathan J. Brown, Yasmine Farouk, Mohanad Hage Ali, Amr Hamzawy, Zaha Hassan, Marwan Muasher, Sinan Ülgen, Maha Yahya, Sarah Yerkes
- October 13, 2023
Carnegie Middle East scholars examine the factors that led to the conflict between Israel and Hamas—and what comes next.
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Diwan
Will Gaza Set the Middle East Alight?
- Michael Young
- October 13, 2023
None of the major actors in the Middle East wants to see the conflict spread, but are locked into positions that lead in the contrary direction.
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Diwan
Lebanon’s War Before the War
- Issam Kayssi
- October 06, 2023
What was happening in the country during the October 1973 Arab-Israeli conflict, whose 50th anniversary begins today?
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Diwan
A New Armenian Trauma Unfolds
- Araz Bedross
- September 29, 2023
The situation in Nagorno-Karabakh has revived memories of exile and pain in the diaspora community of Lebanon.
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Diwan
Beirut Will Always Have Paris
- Michael Young
- September 13, 2023
French envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian is wondering why some Lebanese parties reject a dialogue over a new president; fear may be a reason.
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Diwan
Lebanon’s Media Manipulator
- Michael Young
- August 16, 2023
A recent article in an online website reveals how the former central bank governor had journalists and commentators on his payroll.
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Diwan
The Sterility of Sideline Politics
- Michael Young
- August 07, 2023
The Lebanese Forces have the largest Christian bloc in parliament, but you wouldn’t know that from their policy of splendid isolation.
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Diwan
Iran Strengthens Its Palestinian Cards
- Mohanad Hage Ali
- August 03, 2023
Ongoing fighting in the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp may be part of a plan to weaken Fatah and undermine normalization with Israel.