War with Israel could destroy Lebanon’s already fragile economy and political landscape.
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Notwithstanding escalating tensions with Israel and an acute economic crisis, foreign direct investments in Lebanon were up by 25% in 2023.
Conflict between Lebanon and Israel looms – it would throw the Lebanese economy further into crisis.
The charges against Hassan Diab and two other senior politicians will challenge the pervading culture of impunity in Lebanon.
The election of independent parliamentarians in Lebanon is a move away from sectarian politics, say experts.
A new study shows how governments’ emergency aid response is influenced by the news media and politicians’ publicity concerns.
Lebanon is in the depths of one of the worst financial crises in history.
Lebanon is in trouble: a million Syrian refugees, one of the worst financial crises in more than 100 years and a corrupt and divided political system.
What do ammonium nitrate and iodine have in common? Both substances are of immense service to humankind, and the history of their discovery is closely linked to that of the production of explosives.
As countries around the world develop their own private sponsorship systems, they should acknowledge how elusive refugee status can be. Policy-makers should proceed accordingly.
As foreign aid pours into Beirut, its uneven distribution reflects and exacerbates the pre-existing class and race fissures in Lebanese society.
How can the international community help Lebanon’s people not its power-sharing regime?
I feel justified for leaving decades ago but my heart bleeds for the people trapped in Lebanon.
The disaster exposes wider failures of governance and comes amid a deep economic crisis.
Torn apart by years of war and now effectively bankrupt, the country and its people are facing a new devastation.
The port, and surrounding neighbourhoods devastated by the explosion, are at the heart of Beirut.
Abandoned containers of hazardous goods are found regularly in ports.
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Professor in Sociology, Queen's University Belfast
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