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Issam Kayssi
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Civic Activism in an Intensifying Climate Crisis
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Civic Activism in an Intensifying Climate Crisis

To address the deepening climate crisis, climate activism is employing a wider variety of tactics and aiming at a broader set of goals. In response, the movement faces stronger repression and civic backlash against climate action.

· December 10, 2024
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Beirut Under the Drones

As Lebanon’s war imposes suffering on civilians, the capital city is yet living an illusion of peace.

· October 21, 2024
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Diplomatic License in Beirut

In a recent book, a former U.S. ambassador explains Washington’s perennial policy shifts in Lebanon.

· May 14, 2024
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Delaying Lebanon’s Municipal Elections, Again

The decision is not surprising, given that the country’s political class mistrusts a poll whose outcome it doesn’t fully control.

· April 24, 2024
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Lebanon’s War Before the War

What was happening in the country during the October 1973 Arab-Israeli conflict, whose 50th anniversary begins today?

· October 6, 2023
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Climate Change Vulnerability in the Arab World
September 27, 2023

Please join the Carnegie Middle East Program for a discussion on the broad climate change challenges that the Middle East and North Africa region is facing.

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