Governments are (and should be) subject to exhaustive scrutiny on the part of society– a reality that is no stranger...
On December 13th and 14th, the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) hosted an academic conference titled “100...
On December 6, the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs hosted a talk on water scarcity and its challenges in the Middle East. Dr. Hussam Hussein, a speaker, is a post-doc research fellow at IFI, as well as a visiting fellow at the University of East Anglia...
No political topic loomed as large as the drive to uncover the fate of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri in...
In the past couple of years, Lebanon has witnessed on-and-off attempts of political reform with the last (major) one being...
The resignation of Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Saturday, out of Saudi Arabia and aired exclusively on a Saudi TV, brought substantial chaos and uncertainty. Many believed that this move came as a result of direct Saudi pressure, and some are even claiming that our Prime Minister is being detained...
Supporters of Bachir Gemayel gathered up in Sassine Square in Achrafieh, Beirut, on October 20, 2017, as they celebrated the...
Not so long ago, I was sitting at a coffee shop having my cup of Mocha Latte while having a...
Lebanon’s Director of the Internal Security Forces Anti-Cybercrime and Intellectual Property Rights Bureau Maj. Suzan Hajj Hobeiche was fired on Monday after liking a tweet that mocked Saudi women. The tweet by Lebanese producer Charbel Khalil mocked the recent royal decree that permitted women in Saudi Arabia their basic right...
The Council of Ministers approved on Sunday the use of biometric IDs during elections for a budget of 40 million...
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