Regions/Lebanon

Lebanon

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Now for the Hard Part
- Michael Young
- February 06, 2019
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It took nine months to form Lebanon’s cabinet, but Maha Yahya argues the real difficulties lie ahead.
- Diwan
Is Qatar Seeking to Make a Political Comeback in Lebanon?
- Michael Young
- January 31, 2019
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A regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.
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Land of Opportunity
- Mohanad Hage Ali
- January 30, 2019
Russia has continued to try extending its influence in Lebanon, despite Beirut’s political and economic woes.
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Fade Out
- Marwan Muasher
- January 21, 2019
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Though Christians are indigenous to the Arab world, their numbers have steadily declined in the Middle East.
- Diwan
Does Iran Have the Means to Further Expand Its Influence Throughout the Middle East?
- Michael Young
- January 17, 2019
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A regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.
- Diwan
Circle of Deceit
- Michael Young
- January 11, 2019
- - عربي
The present Arab counterrevolution is very likely to lead to further revolutions down the road.
Support for Human Rights in the Arab World: A Shifting and Inconsistent Picture
- Michele Dunne
- December 28, 2018
- Rowaq Arabi
The current trend in U.S. and European governments to pay less attention to human rights issues in Arab countries did not develop overnight, and is unlikely to disappear quickly, as it is connected to local, regional, and global trends.
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What Will the Attention of Carnegie Scholars Be Focused on in 2019?
- Michael Young
- December 20, 2018
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A regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.
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Lower Your Expectations
- Khalil al-Hariri
- December 18, 2018
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Why Lebanon’s next government is unlikely to adequately address the country’s serious economic crisis.
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Women at Arms
- Dalia Ghanem
- December 03, 2018
- - عربي
Arab armed forces are recruiting more females, who nevertheless continue to face a glass ceiling.

Joseph Bahout
Nonresident Scholar
Middle East Program
Joseph Bahout is a nonresident scholar in Carnegie’s Middle East Program. His research focuses on political developments in Lebanon and Syria, regional spillover from the Syrian crisis, and identity politics across the region.
Frances Z. Brown
Fellow
Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
Frances Z. Brown is a fellow with Carnegie’s Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, where she researches stabilization, state building, democratization, decentralization, drivers of conflict, and local governance in fragile states.
Perry Cammack
Nonresident Fellow
Middle East Program
Perry Cammack is a nonresident fellow in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he focuses on long-term regional trends and their implications for American foreign policy.
Michele Dunne
Director and Senior Fellow
Middle East Program
Dunne is an expert on political and economic change in Arab countries, particularly Egypt, as well as U.S. policy in the Middle East.
Amr Hamzawy
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Middle East Program
Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
Amr Hamzawy studied political science and developmental studies in Cairo, The Hague, and Berlin.
Ariel (Eli) Levite
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Nuclear Policy Program
Levite was the principal deputy director general for policy at the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission from 2002 to 2007.
Marc Lynch
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Middle East Program
Marc Lynch is a nonresident senior fellow in Carnegie’s Middle East Program where his work focuses on the politics of the Arab world.
Marwan Muasher
Vice President for Studies
Muasher is vice president for studies at Carnegie, where he oversees research in Washington and Beirut on the Middle East.
Aram Nerguizian
Co-Director
Program on Civil-Military Relations in Arab States
Carnegie Middle East Center
Aram Nerguizian is the co-director of the Program on Civil-Military Relations in Arab States at the Carnegie Middle East Center, where his work focuses on the Lebanese security sector, long-term force transformation in the Levant, and efforts to develop national security institutions in post-conflict and divided societies.
Yezid Sayigh
Senior Fellow
Middle East Center
Yezid Sayigh is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, where he leads the program on Civil-Military Relations in Arab States (CMRAS). His work focuses on the comparative political and economic roles of Arab armed forces and nonstate actors, the impact of war on states and societies, and the politics of post-conflict reconstruction and security sector transformation in Arab transitions, and authoritarian resurgence.
Jake Walles
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Middle East Program
Jake Walles is a nonresident senior fellow in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he focuses on Israeli-Palestinian issues, Tunisia, and counterterrorism.
Maha Yahya
Director
Middle East Center
Yahya is director of the Carnegie Middle East Center, where her research focuses on citizenship, pluralism, and social justice in the aftermath of the Arab uprisings.