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    LebanonSecurity and Defense

    The Prickly Issue of Disarming Palestinian Factions in Lebanon

    Jun 4, 2025Imad K. Harb

    Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas recently reached an agreement to regulate the presence of armed Palestinian factions in …

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    LebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Legacies of Lebanon’s 1975-1990 Civil War

    Apr 25, 2025Imad K. Harb

    On April 13, 2025, the Lebanese, to the day, commemorated the 50th anniversary of the start of Lebanon’s 1975-1990 civil war that, with hindsight, can be seen …

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    LebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    The Lebanese Civil War in Iran’s Narrative of Resistance

    Apr 25, 2025Assal Rad

    As Lebanon marks 50 years since the start of its devastating civil war of 1975-1990, it finds itself at another inflection point. Israel occupies parts of sout…

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    LebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Syria’s Role in the Lebanese Civil War of 1975–1990

    Apr 25, 2025Marwan Kabalan

    On April 14, 2025, a day after the Lebanese people were commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1975-1990 civil war, the new prime minister, Nawaf Salam, was…

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    LebanonDemocracy and Governance

    The Emergence of Lebanon’s Third Republic

    Jan 16, 2025Imad K. Harb

    The election on January 9, 2025, of the Lebanese Army Commander Joseph Aoun as the fourteenth president of Lebanon can very well be the inauguration of the Leb…

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    LebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Israel’s Violations of the Ceasefire with Hezbollah Threaten to Undo It

    Dec 10, 2024Imad K. Harb

    The ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and Lebanon on November 27 was a welcome development after 14 months of skirmishes between the Israeli Army and …

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    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Middle East Realities That Require an Escape Route 

    Oct 17, 2024Rami G. Khouri

    The past month may prove to be the most critical moment of geo-strategic transformation in the Middle East since the end of the Second World War—if not its mos…

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    LebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Nasrallah’s Killing Prompts Serious Calculations

    Sep 30, 2024Nabeel A. Khoury

    Israel’s killing of Hezbollah’s Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah has shocked many in Lebanon and the region regardless of what they thought of the man and hi…