staff
about
Michael Young is a senior editor at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut and editor of Diwan, Carnegieโs Middle East blog.
Previously, he was opinion editor, as well as a columnist, for the Daily Star newspaper in Lebanon. He writes a biweekly commentary for the National (Abu Dhabi) and is author of The Ghosts of Martyrs Square: An Eyewitness Account of Lebanonโs Life Struggle. The book was selected by the Wall Street Journal as one of its ten notable books of 2010, and won the Silver Prize in the Washington Institute for Near East Policyโs book prize competition of 2010.
He is a graduate of the American University of Beirut and of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
All work from Michael Young
filters
As the country prepares for a presidential election, its margin of maneuver is very narrow.
An important measure of Hezbollahโs strength will be whether the next government adopts an old formulation.
In an interview, Yezid Sayigh discusses how military-managed projects in Egypt can advance environmental objectives.
