September 13, 2020

Lebanon’s Momentum for Change Should not be Wasted

Originally published on Arab Weekly on 20/08/2020 As I write these words, Beirut is overwhelmed by the visit of high calibre foreign visitors: the French president […]
November 13, 2017

Hariri’s Resignation: A new predicament in Lebanon’s polity

Elie Al Hindy & Ramy Jabbour   After less than a year of forming his second cabinet in 18 December 2016, the first in President Aoun’s […]
June 20, 2017

Lebanon's New Electoral Law: A Major Break Through

By Dr Elie Al Hindy and Ramy Jabbour After two consecutive extensions of the Lebanese parliament and lengthy negotiations for more than six months, Lebanon is […]
April 24, 2017

Lebanon's Electoral Predicament

By Dr Elie Al Hindy and Ramy Jabbour Since the end of the civil war, Lebanon’s delicate political/sectarian balance gave the electoral law an even more […]
April 15, 2017

في أسباب رفض النسبية

د. إيلي الهندي – مدير مركز الشرق الاوسط للدراسات والابحاث الاستراتيجية meirss.org تتخبط الأحزاب في لبنان منذ أكثر من عقد في محاولة إيجاد قانون انتخابي جديد […]
November 15, 2016

The Reasoning behind the Trump Phenomenon

Elie Al Hindy & Jasmin Lilian Diab Background: Amidst controversy, Trump won the elections in a landslide victory over Clinton, 232 to 306 Electoral College votes, […]
November 3, 2016

The Lebanese Presidential Election in Context: Iran’s taste of Defeat?

  Lebanon has been an oasis of relative stability for the past five years even with an almost complete political deadlock, a presidential vacancy of 28 […]