3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (335+ words) The passing of Senator Lindsey Graham marks the loss of one of the most consequential American voices on the Middle East and one of the few friends of Lebanon who believed that genuine friendship required honesty rather than indulgence. For…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (751+ words) Within days of one another, journalist Sawsan Mhanna and academic Dr. Zeina Mansour were called in for questioning by Lebanese security agencies over political views they had publicly expressed, reigniting debate over freedom of expression in the country. Their summonses…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (678+ words) The latest escalation in Lebanon should not be read as just another exchange of fire along the southern front. What makes this moment different is not simply the intensity of the Israeli strikes, but their geography and political meaning. The…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (653+ words) The U.S. and Iran are nearing a deal over the Strait of Hormuz. Trump has issued an ultimatum to break the stalemate between the U.S. and Iran, but Iran remains skeptical about successful negotiations. The Iranians are playing down the success of…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (300+ words) There is a particular kind of political theatre Lebanon has perfected over decades, the kind where a real crisis is addressed with a performative solution, and everyone in the room agrees to pretend the difference doesn’t matter. The current debate…...

2+ mon, 6+ hour ago  (299+ words) Start with the names. Israel sent Ron Dermer. Dermer is not a diplomat in any conventional sense, he is Benjamin Netanyahu’s political brain, the architect of Israeli-American elite relationships, a man who does not get deployed to procedural exercises. His…...

2+ mon, 8+ hour ago  (1027+ words) There is an old Arabic saying: whoever repeats a failed experiment must be sick in the head. It applies perfectly to Lebanon today, as the country stands before a defining moment: between the logic of the state and the logic…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (570+ words) Lebanon has dispatched veteran diplomat Simon Karam to lead its political representation in a new round of negotiations with Israel expected to take place in Washington next week, in what officials describe as part of a broader U.S. effort to shift…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (1441+ words) Nowlebanon Why Lebanon Matters to the United States and Why a Durable Lebanese Peace with Israel Is a Strategic Imperative The perennial question often asked by policymakers in Washington is: Why should we care about Lebanon and how is it…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (11+ words) Nowlebanon...