What is left of Lebanon? Invasions by neighboring countries, a civil war fueled by outside powers, years of occupation, the collapse of institutions, the bankruptcy of the country, the Beirut explosion, and now again the shadow of war and displacement
Author: Christiane Waked (Christiane Waked)
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Podcast: Lebanon gets a President after two years. What it means for a Middle East in turmoil
Our Middle East expert Christiane Waked explains the challenges facing new Lebanese President Joseph Aoun as he grapples with a failing economy, sectarian politics, an unstable region following the Gaza war and the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria
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Podcast: Pager, walkie-talkie attacks take Hezbollah in Lebanon by surprise. Will it lead to full-scale Middle East war?
Our senior analyst Christiane Waked analyses the gadget attacks that have stunned the Lebanese militant group and the fallout from the breach in their defences
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Special: Once upon a time….there was no place like Lebanon
Where food and clothes were plentiful, and banks generously lent; where snow and sun didn't vanish, and people were free to daydream about a peaceful land unmarked by war
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Podcast: The terror attack in Moscow complicates the war in Ukraine and Gaza
Senior analyst Christiane Waked's take on the recent ISIS (Daesh) terror attack during a concert in Moscow and the fallout on the war in Ukraine and Gaza. India should up its security, more so during a busy election season, she says
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Israel-Hamas war, and its impact on the region as a truce takes hold
Israel-Hamas war, and its impact on the region as a truce takes hold from Friday
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A survivor of the Lebanon war still yearns for peace in the Middle East
Today, as I watch the crazed appetite for conflicts the West seems to have as the Gaza war rages between Hamas and Israel, I wonder if peace is just an utopia, something only the “sophisticated” West can achieve