Lebanon

A picture showing Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is seen in the town of Yaroun, southern Lebanon, August 13, 2022. REUTERS/Aziz Taher

Hezbollah’s dilemmas

Daniel L. Byman

November 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attend an Arab summit, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 16, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Rights as realism in the Middle East

Steven Heydemann

Monday, July 25, 2022

Houthi supporters demonstrate against Saudi-led air strikes in Sanaa, Yemen January 21, 2022. REUTERS/Adel Al-Khadher

The Houthis have won in Yemen: What next?

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah gesture during a rally commemorating the annual Hezbollah Martyrs' Day in Nabatieh, Lebanon, November 11, 2021. REUTERS/Aziz Taher

Is Hezbollah overplaying its hand inside Lebanon?

Stephanie T. Williams

Friday, November 19, 2021

The evolution of nonstate armed actors in the Middle East

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat acknowledges applause during a Joint Session of Congress in which U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced the results of the Camp David Accords, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., September 18, 1978. Library of Congress/Warren K. Leffler/Handout via REUTERS

What Anwar Sadat’s murder 40 years ago meant for the Middle East

Friday, October 1, 2021

Syrian refugees walk near tents at an informal tented settlement in the Bekaa valley, Lebanon March 12, 2021. Picture taken March 12, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Why Syrian refugees in Lebanon are a crisis within a crisis

Omer Karasapan and Sajjad Shah

Thursday, April 15, 2021

Activist and volunteer, part of the Cannabico Mexican Movement, waters marijuana plants, inside the protest cannabis garden next to Mexico's Senate building during a call for legalization in Mexico City, Mexico September 24, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso

Mexico’s cannabis legalization, and comparisons with Colombia, Lebanon, and Canada

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

A vehicle blocks a road during a protest against the fall in Lebanese pound currency and mounting economic hardships in Khaldeh, Lebanon March 8, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

The risk of accidental war

Jeffrey Feltman and Adam Cooper

The Mediator's Studio

Thursday, March 4, 2021

A decade of protests: Why governance reform is critical in the Arab World

5:00 PM - 6:15 PM AST

A man walks past concrete barriers erected by authorities to block a street leading to the parliament building in Beirut, Lebanon January 24, 2020. REUTERS/Aziz Taher

Collective memory and amnesia after the war in Lebanon

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

An Israeli military jeep drives along the Israeli side of the border with the northern Gaza Strip, Israel January 8, 2018. Picture taken January 8, 2018. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Israel in the Middle East: The next two decades

Natan Sachs and Kevin Huggard

November 2020

US policy in the Middle East: A conversation with Assistant Secretary of State David Schenker

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

FILE PHOTO: A view shows the damage at the site of a massive explosion in Beirut port, Lebanon August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Aziz Taher/File Photo

Lebanon needs a new start

Thursday, August 20, 2020

Staring into the Abyss: Where does Lebanon go from here?

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM AST

A view shows damaged buildings following Tuesday's blast in Beirut's port area, Lebanon August 5, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Lebanon as Paradise Lost

Jeffrey Feltman

Wednesday, August 5, 2020

UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) patrol in southern Lebanese town of Ramyah, Lebanon September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho

Debating UN peacekeeping in Lebanon

Jeffrey Feltman

Monday, June 15, 2020

Demonstrators, wearing masks as preventive measures against the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), gesture and carry Lebanese flags during a protest against the growing economic hardship and to mark Labour Day in Beirut, Lebanon May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Lebanon’s latest reform-for-support plan

Jeffrey Feltman

Monday, May 4, 2020

A man walks past concrete barriers erected by authorities to block a street leading to the parliament building in Beirut, Lebanon January 24, 2020. REUTERS/Aziz Taher

What to expect from a new Lebanese government: ‘Anti-corruption’ as witch hunt

Jeffrey Feltman

Saturday, January 25, 2020

American paratrooper cleans his gun at Army base camp in Beirut, Lebanon. Credit: Library of Congress

Highlights: Experts discuss the first-ever US military intervention in the Middle East

Thursday, November 21, 2019