Helen Mackreath is a Political Science Masters student at the American University of Beirut. She also works as a researcher on Syrian refugees, based in Beirut, and blogs from www.helenmackreath.com
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaOn Lebanese sovereigntyThe issue of what sovereignty means, and how it can be enforced, should not be confined to the defensive sphere...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaLebanon: a year which promises little but foreboding?
The feeling of being hamstrung by international events both out of their control but with direct consequences,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaLebanon in turmoil
The environment in Lebanon continues to be highly fractured, with geographical enclaves hosting increasingly...
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Published in: HomeLebanese pluralism in a limbo of unknowns
Today a large proportion of individuals within Lebanon feel that the instabilities playing out are neither their...
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Published in: HomeLebanon’s worsening strife
Politically, the country is a melting pot of regional and highly localised concerns, playing out along axes of...
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Published in: HomeNon-state actors in Lebanon
Combined with the warnings of the collapse of state institutions and proliferation of corruption as a result of the...