The Beiruter

President Joseph Aoun's back-to-back visits to Washington and Ankara reveal a shifting regional landscape in which the United States, Turkey, Israel, Syria, and Hezbollah are redefining the balance of power—and Lebanon's place within it.

Lebanon’s strict drone regulations seek to balance national security with the growing economic and civilian importance of unmanned aerial technology.

The war in Ukraine is reshaping modern warfare, revealing how drones, persistent surveillance, and precision strikes are challenging the traditional principles of maneuver warfare and forcing armies toward dispersed, attritional combat.

Azerbaijan has leveraged the Baku Initiative Group to expand its influence over anti-French independence movements from the Pacific to the Sahel, creating a transnational network that pressures France at limited cost while reinforcing Baku’s geopolitical presence.

As Lebanon prepares to beatify Patriarch Elias Hoyek, it becomes essential to revisit and explore the spiritual leader whose vision helped shape Greater Lebanon.

An exclusive interview with Middle East Institute Senior Fellow Fadi Nicholas Nassar examines why many in Washington believe Lebanon has a historic opportunity to restore sovereignty, disarm Hezbollah, and reshape the regional balance of power through renewed U.S. engagement. 

Exclusive interview with UNIFIL spokesperson Kandice Ardiel on UNIFIL’s legacy and southern Lebanon’s uncertain security future, in light of Germany’s EU mission proposal.

More than 33,000 people remain in shelters across Lebanon as authorities work to balance school reopening, safe returns, and long-term recovery amid a fragile ceasefire.

Britain’s shrinking military capabilities and growing political divisions over defence spending are reshaping its global role, with significant implications for NATO, the Middle East, and its alliance with the United States.

As BRICS chair in 2026, India is pursuing a strategy of balancing ties with emerging economies and Western partners to strengthen its global influence, secure critical technologies, and expand its strategic autonomy.

Lebanon’s future prosperity will depend not on choosing between Syria and Israel, but on building the institutions capable of turning geography, peace, and regional cooperation into lasting national economic gains. 

Unable to match Russia conventionally, Ukraine has expanded the war beyond the main battlefield through intelligence operations, local partners, drones and sabotage aimed at weakening Moscow's global military and economic networks.

How Russia’s faith in diplomacy after the 2025 Anchorage summit echoed the lessons of the Minsk agreements, allowing Ukraine time to reshape the battlefield and bring the war deep into Russian territory.

Nearly a century before solar panels transformed Lebanon's energy landscape, Lebanese engineer Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah envisioned harnessing the sun as the Middle East's greatest source of power.

Lebanon's cherished mouneh tradition is facing one of its greatest challenges as war, displacement, inflation, and rising production costs threaten a centuries-old practice rooted in resilience, family, and cultural identity.

Lebanon's education system faces mounting uncertainty as exam cancellations, declining public-school enrollment, and missing government spending data make it increasingly difficult to assess whether education reforms are delivering real results.

Lebanese track star Marc-Anthony Ibrahim reflects on his breakthrough NCAA season at the University of Tennessee, his ambitions for 2027, and his pursuit of Olympic qualification and world-class status in the 400m hurdles.

The Hasroun Flower Festival celebrates the beauty of Lebanon's "Mountain Rose" while boosting local businesses, showcasing artisans, and highlighting the resilience and community spirit of one of the country's most picturesque villages.

Discover the story of Machghara, a historic Western Bekaa town where abundant springs, a thriving tannery industry, religious coexistence, war, and cultural heritage have shaped more than a thousand years of resilience.

Discover how the Bsharri National Committee for Environmental Protection has spent more than three decades pioneering recycling, protecting Lebanon’s cedar forests, preserving water resources, and leading grassroots environmental conservation.

Research shows that companion animals play a powerful role in reducing stress, combating loneliness, and supporting emotional well-being, highlighting the profound psychological benefits of the human-animal bond.

Lebanon's rapidly growing call center industry is providing students and young professionals with higher-paying jobs, international experience, and flexible careers while quietly becoming one of the country's fastest-growing employment sectors.

Lebanon has launched a national waste management planning package and GIS platform to improve decision-making, strengthen infrastructure planning, and address one of the country's most persistent environmental challenges.

As artificial intelligence transforms fashion, industry experts argue that while AI can accelerate design and marketing, it cannot replicate the creativity, intuition, and emotional depth that define human style.

More than six decades after Birds of September, Emily Nasrallah's timeless novels continue to capture Lebanon's enduring story of emigration, identity, family, and the emotional cost of leaving home.

As Lebanon's crises deepen, a growing number of Lebanese are pursuing second citizenships not to replace their identity, but to secure greater mobility, opportunity, and stability for themselves and future generations.

A new UN Women-led report warns that persons with disabilities, particularly women and girls, remain among the most vulnerable during Lebanon's displacement crisis, calling for urgent reforms to make humanitarian aid more inclusive and accessible.

Discover how Deir el Qamar, Lebanon's former capital, evolved from the seat of powerful emirs into a symbol of coexistence, heritage, and intellectual life that helped shape the country's history.

As Arabic typography experiences a creative revival in Lebanon, designers and calligraphers are blending centuries-old artistic traditions with modern design to redefine cultural identity for a new generation.

Once an Ottoman-era government building and prison, the National Library of Baakline has become one of Lebanon’s leading cultural institutions, expanding access to knowledge, education, and the arts beyond Beirut.

Tripoli’s centuries-old soap-making tradition continues to endure through family-run workshops that preserve Lebanon’s artisanal heritage while adapting to modern economic challenges.

Why Lebanon's Gen Z is embracing vintage fashion, from thrift stores and archival designer pieces to Y2K trends, driven by individuality, sustainability, and nostalgia.

Four young Lebanese chess players are making their mark on the international stage, showcasing the talent, discipline, and ambition driving a bright future for chess in Lebanon.

Lebanon’s iconic cedar forests are facing mounting threats from climate change, pests, and habitat loss, prompting conservationists and authorities to intensify efforts to protect one of the nation’s most enduring symbols.

Gut health has become one of wellness's biggest trends, but experts say the science behind the microbiome is far more complex than social media claims, with healthy habits remaining the most effective way to support digestive health.

The rise of autonomous AI is driving renewed interest in blockchain as infrastructure for digital identity, secure transactions and coordination across the next generation of digital systems.

Despite years of economic crisis, Lebanon's startup ecosystem continues to gain international recognition, with Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 highlighting the country's growing strength in fintech, cloud technology, and innovation-driven entrepreneurship.

As AI demand drives a race for data centers and compute, Europe faces a new sovereignty challenge: whether its clean power can help build domestic technology capacity or mainly power platforms controlled abroad.

As governments race to regulate artificial intelligence, competing legal models are emerging that could shape the future of technology, innovation, and digital rights.

Artificial intelligence is reshaping healthcare by improving diagnostics, streamlining operations, and supporting more personalized patient care.

Scale Beirut ’26 brought Lebanese startups, investors, and innovators to New York Tech Week, showcasing the growing global ambitions of Lebanon’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.