The Beiruter

The return of great-power competition exposes the illusion of a settled world order after the Cold War.

Global power is shifting toward the Gulf, where energy, capital, and infrastructure now converge at scale.

Central Asia’s geography is reshaping trade routes and geopolitics.

Christianity is dividing between lived religious faith and a growing cultural identity rooted in Western heritage.

Europe faces simultaneous economic and security crises while trapped between American protection and Chinese industrial dependence.

Strong actors suspend laws at will, leaving weaker nations trapped within decisions they cannot influence or resist.

Lebanon celebrates its Independence Day as one, yet its people remain divided, revealing a nation still without a shared history to truly unite them.

The Global Network of Land and Maritime Corridors That Organize the Belt and Road Initiative

Lebanon’s elections mask a feudal legacy where clientelism and sectarianism still dictate loyalty over democracy