Eyad Abu Shakra

The Democratic National Convention kicked off Monday in Chicago before the echoes of former US President and current candidate Donald Trump’s “chat” with his new billionaire “friend,” X owner Elon Musk, go quiet (will they ever?). Under ordinary circumstances, the national convention of the…

Years of experience have taught me to be cautious of two events that always dominate the news: the US presidential election year and major global sports events like the World Cup and the Olympics, which capture public attention for about a month. This year, we’re in the middle of both a US…

When the conflict that tore former Yugoslavia apart broke out and everyone, near and far, found out that all the fault lines of "Balkanization" intersected in this Balkan state, we in the Arab and Islamic worlds witnessed the massacres of Srebrenica and Zepa, I was studying to obtain my master's…

In Lebanon, as well as Syria and the occupied Palestinian territories, we find many different assumptions and even more predictions. The facts are strange, but developments on the ground are even stranger. The Lebanese are languishing under their economic and cost of living crises. Amid a vacuum…

Those with better insights about former US President Donald Trump’s personal considerations, as well the Republican Party factions on the rise, can determine whether the Republicans are at an “ideological” crossroads... or not. Many, including myself, who do not claim to have privileged information…

If the President of the United States were not a leader who has an impact on all our lives, the physical and mental health of President Joe Biden would not have drawn all the attention it has received, nor would we have heard all this noise or comments. This reminds me of 1982, when Israeli…

Thanks to improvements in statistics and polling, the electoral outcome aligned with projections. The British Labor Party won the elections handily yesterday, ending 14 consecutive years of Conservative Party rule. The outcome of the early elections called for by Rishi Sunak, the outgoing Prime…

One of the finest comments I read about the presidential debate between US President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump was a tweet that said: "Watching Trump and Biden is like following the final years of the Roman Empire!" This is an eloquent tweet. Indeed, the United States rose to…

News from Lebanon indicates a daily shift towards a more grim and pessimistic outlook. Despite claiming to oppose this trend, many parties seem to be sliding further into worsening conditions, like sleepwalkers heading towards disaster. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned days ago that …

In general, it is easy to use a "demographic bomb" to destroy fragile entities like Lebanon. Despite having been around for over 100 years now, the country lacks a national consensus and coherent identity to this day. Lebanon has no ceilings or walls to protect it from regional storms and upheaval…