Mona Alami | 26 March 2021
Not Obama, nor Trump: how Bidens Middle East policy is different The United States' recent international positions reflect the changes in Washington’s Middle East policy ushered in by the new Biden administration. Its statements [...]
Mona Alami | 11 December 2020
The Israel and Gulf countries’ normalization leaves Lebanon, already isolated, further marginalized at the regional level. Lebanon’s continuous domination by Hezbollah means that the country will be increasingly viewed as a growing security concern for Arab countries in the wake of the Abrahams accords, which will allow for more direct and covert coordination between Israel, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain.
Mona Alami | 20 August 2020
A massive explosion devastated the Lebanese capital Beirut on August 4, killing at least 170 people and injuring another 6,000. The explosion cast light on Lebanon’s decay. Forty years after the end of the [...]
Mona Alami | 24 December 2019 | AR | TR
Protestors have been unyielding in Lebanon, denouncing the worsening financial and economic crisis, attributed to the incompetence and corruption of the political class which has governed the country for decades.
Mona Alami | 10 December 2018 | TR | AR
As tensions rise in Idlib, the current political equilibrium in Syria no longer appears sustainable in the long run. The parties engaged there have various and often mutually exclusive goals
Mona Alami | 29 November 2017 | TR
Prime Minister Saad Hariri took his country by storm on Nov. 4 when he announced his resignation as head of the Lebanese government, blaming his decision on Iranian interference in his country’s affairs.
