

A Smart Step to Push Economic Development in Lebanon
In a break from the continuous concern with what’s not helping Lebanon, we recently hosted a delegation who presented some thoughtful...


Lebanon’s Latest Economic News Raises Old Ghosts – Graduates’ Seeking Work, Parsing the News on Gove
Poll results noted by Byblos Bank in “Lebanon This Week” (Issue 548, 9Aug2018) pointed out that 90% of Lebanese university graduates...


Regional Merry-Go-Round – While Key Issues Continue to Dog Lebanon’s Government in Formation, End to
It has long been said somewhat cynically that Lebanon’s raison d’etre is to serve as the proxy battlefield for everything in contention...


Energy Sector Reform Awaits Action by Parliament and a Government Missing-in-Formation
When you think that dysfunctional Lebanon can’t get any worse, politicians make sure that there is another “shame on Lebanon” issue. This...


Disagreements Building over US-Russia Agreements on Syria – Who’s in Charge?
Once again, Lebanon has become an arena for the US-Russia rivalry. It was 70 years ago that US Marines landed on Lebanon’s beaches to be...