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Iran frozen assets - Iran sanctions - U.S.-Iran relations - JCPOA - Iran nuclear deal

Iran’s frozen fortune

Iran’s frozen assets remain trapped between sanctions, nuclear diplomacy, and geopolitical rivalry, shaping Tehran’s economy and global negotiations for decades.

By The Beiruter

Demographic decline - Fertility crisis - Geopolitics - Ageing populations - Russia Ukraine war

Why global population collapse will keep the wars coming

Across Europe, Asia and the Americas, declining states are reaching for the gun. The pattern is older than it looks, and the demographers have seen it before.

By The Beiruter
Middle Corridor - TITR - Anaklia Port - South Caucasus - TRIPP corridor

The silent battle over the Middle Corridor

The geopolitical and infrastructure obstacles slowing the development of the Middle Corridor, the China-Europe trade route designed to bypass Russia and Iran.

By The Beiruter
Constitutional debate - Federalism - Political culture - Ibn Khaldun - State centrality

What do state, regime, and institutions mean?

An analysis of Lebanon’s parallel state crisis, clarifying distorted political concepts surrounding sovereignty, institutions, legitimacy, governance, and national unity today.

By Antoine Mesarra
Lebanon politics - Taif Agreement - Tripartite power-sharing - Lebanese state - Iranian influence

The final stage of state capture

From Syrian tutelage to Hezbollah’s push for tripartite power-sharing.

By Dr. Elie Elias
Foreign fighters - Idlib - Hayat Tahrir al-Sham - Ahmad al-Sharaa - Syrian Civil War

Syria’s foreign fighters conundrum

Syria struggles to balance foreign fighter integration, security stability, extremist risks, and international pressure amid its evolving post-war political order.

By The Beiruter
Lebanon politics - Manoucheh Meter - Pentagon Pizza Meter - Lebanese army - Fayadiyeh

The Manoucheh Meter never lies

A satirical reflection on Lebanon’s political paralysis through the imagined rise of a “Manoucheh Meter” around the Ministry of Defense.

By The Beiruter
Radwan Force - Beirut southern suburbs - Ghobeiri - Malek Ballout - Hezbollah commanders

The Dahiyeh hit and the risk of wider war

The Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs signals a renewed phase of escalation, highlighting tensions around Hezbollah’s Radwan Force and broader regional instability.

By The Beiruter
7 May 2008 - Internal conflict - Political tensions - Israel-Hezbollah war - Doha Agreement

The shadow of 7 May: Could history repeat itself?

Rising tensions, hostile rhetoric, and regional pressures have revived fears of a renewed 7 May scenario and possible internal escalation in Lebanon.

By Anthony Chamoun
Red Sea crisis - Bab al-Mandeb Strait - Strait of Hormuz - Houthis - Middle East tensions

The Red Sea on the brink

The militarization of the Red Sea is raising the risk of a broader global economic shock.

By Peter Chouayfati
Venice Biennale 2026 - Contemporary art - Russia Ukraine - Gaza war - Venice art exhibition

The Biennale’s political storm

An inside look at how the 2026 Venice Biennale became a reflection of today’s global political and cultural fractures.

By Michella Rizk
Lebanon Martyrs’ Day - Martyrs’ Square - Ottoman Empire - Jamal Pasha - Lebanese history

Martyrs’ Day: A legacy of sacrifice

Can Lebanon preserve the freedoms and sovereignty its martyrs died defending amid continuing political crises, repression, and unresolved national divisions?

By The Beiruter
Syria Egypt relations - Middle East diplomacy - Regional security - Economic cooperation - Arab politics

A cautious Syrian-Egyptian rapprochement

A cautious Syrian-Egyptian rapprochement emerges through symbolic visit, blending economic cooperation and regional security concerns amid lingering ideological distrust today.

By The Beiruter