Eyad Abu Shakra

I believe that the overwhelming majority of Lebanese citizens would be delighted to see peace prevail across their beautiful country that has suffered for so long. The Lebanese people, moreover, have a distinct talent for inventing reasons to celebrate and savor joy the moment even a glimmer of…

I have the impression that most of the discourse around efforts to defuse tensions in our region is underpinned by wishful thinking and deliberate ambiguity, not tangible realities and serious commitments. Personally, I do not doubt that only a small minority of regional players reject peace. I…

It would be fair to say that Israel’s current government is the most extreme since the country’s founding in 1948; I believe that this is indeed the case, though I was not a witness to the founding event itself. Since that time, like many others, I have had the opportunity to read about Jewish…

French voters made their voices heard in the municipal elections of mid-March, whose insights into the trajectory of the far-right National Rally party, led by Marine Le Pen and her protege Jordan Bardella, were followed closely. The party first rose to prominence in the early 1970s as the…

Last week, my esteemed colleague Hiba Nasr and Asharq News correspondent in Washington, wrote a post that reflected palpable anguish, on her account on "X,” about the receding shadow of the Lebanese state in her village in southern Lebanon after the army's withdrawal in the face of a new Israeli…

The new war on Iran did not take anyone by surprise. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had openly laid the ground for it. While Netanyahu’s previous regional wars were justified under the banner of the “right to self-defense,” however, he was more explicit this time, invoking both the …

“Don’t put all your eggs in one basket,” has long been a fundamental maxim of common political wisdom. Recent global and regional developments - all the ambiguity, ad hoc deals, and the conflation of strategy and tactics - are showing us why. Look, for example, at the behavior of the United…

A new episode in this season of the “series” America VS Iranian ended yesterday in the Omani capital, Muscat. Both sides striking a note that it was a “positive” start amid a torrent of speculation and divergent projections. Some await an imminent military showdown spurred by Israel. That remains…

It is difficult for an analyst to come away with an accurate picture of the deliberations of the World Economic Forum in Davos (Switzerland). With such events, it is very useful to understand the atmosphere, body language, implicit messages, and positional “test signals.” The stances expressed in…

A year into the term of Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, the debate rages on in a political environment that can hardly agree on a vision or an approach, and a population that harsh experiences have not taught the importance of reaching a bare minimum consensus. Today, Lebanon’s problems seem like…