To be abducted from one’s home, taken to a strange underground place, and isolated from any human contact aside from...
Governments are (and should be) subject to exhaustive scrutiny on the part of society– a reality that is no stranger...
The means through which political stances are expressed today are limitless. After US President Donald Trump’s recent announcement on Jerusalem, social media websites were flooded with rage and protests were held across many areas in the country. Did Lebanese universities have anything to say about recent developments? The Faculty of...
On December 13th and 14th, the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) hosted an academic conference titled “100...
The renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has recently gained the attention of the international community– which...
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...
Lebanon’s coasts have been lying under a great yellow cloud, making sure we go about our daily lives with pride...
No political topic loomed as large as the drive to uncover the fate of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri in...
In the midst of the demonstration in Ramallah yesterday, on December 7, 2017, young men and women were chanting in Arabic and calling for an end to both the occupation and complicity of the international community’s role in the occupation. Participating in this event with other supporters stirred up emotions...
In a monumentally disappointing speech, President Donald J. Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in the White...
The people of this region are caught in a grand authoritarian bargain, where they are forced to trade their political rights against government-driven economic security. It is time for this to change.
In the past couple of years, Lebanon has witnessed on-and-off attempts of political reform with the last (major) one being 3 years ago. Civil society movements have been numbed by the fast-paced occurrence of political events—a matter that has marginally reduced their functionality and impact. With parliamentary elections (potentially) around...