Critical Mass Destruction - An Economy in Disarray
In these times of great confusion and bewilderment, I felt compelled after much reflection to get clarity over the financial conundrum we...
Combatting Growing Poverty in Lebanon – Recent Updates
It is increasingly difficult to ignore the factors forcing the Lebanese deeper into poverty. For example, one unintended impact of US...
Is there a recovery model for Lebanon without a revolution?
It is intriguing to compare what is going on in Lebanon with other states in various stages of unrest in the Arab world. While they may...
US Government Sets the Bottom Line for Relations with Lebanon
Dorothy Shea, a career member of the US Senior Foreign Service, whose last post was as Deputy Chief of Mission in Cairo, has been...
Losing the Battle, Winning the War – What’s Ahead for Lebanon?
Now that the new Diab-led government has been installed and preliminary approval given to the previously drafted national budget that has...
Is Lebanon at the Edge of an Abyss?
Analyzing the protests in Algeria, Iraq, and Lebanon to uncover similarities useful for finding possible beneficial results such as...
Losing the Lebanon we know?
There have been many useful analyses of Lebanon’s current economic demise brought on by years of fiscal mismanagement, corruption,...
Poverty in Lebanon, a National Disgrace
It’s hard to fathom the levels of poverty that now exist in Lebanon, particularly in the less fortunate areas in towns and villages...
The Signs Were Clear – Lebanon’s Dysfunctional Government was a Heavy Burden on the People
When discussing Lebanon with those who only follow the general contours of what’s going on, you often hear the questions: what went...
Some Progress Made in Reconstructing Government – Will it be Enough?
The saga of Lebanon’s economic derailment is well known, having achieved global prominence both because of the extent and quality of the...
Lebanon - A fiscal solution to the problem of the public debt – A one-time “National Solidarity Weal
Although Lebanon was able to meet its November $1.5 billion Eurobond payment, there is a general consensus that Lebanon’s public debt has...
Pot Calling the Kettle…How’s the Crusade Against Corruption Going?
In the midst of the daily convulsions that now characterize political life in Lebanon, it’s refreshing and somewhat disheartening to...
Can Lebanon Become More Dysfunctional?
Some critics say that the country is already dysfunctional, fragile, and the government immobile. While the political chieftains dither...
