Why the Paris of the Arab world is a destroyed and hungry city

 ABOVE: Ariel view of Beirut, Lebanon. By Elie Mikhael Nasrallah Beirut, Lebanon’s capital, was once the Paris of the Arab world, now a destroyed city, a hungry cosmopolitan, and an invisible shadow of its previous self. A tragedy of historic proportions amidst a pandemic that knows no mercy or memory. In

Israeli-Palestinian Prognostications

 by Howard Adelman This paper is written in three parts. Each is simply a syntheses of conclusions and differences over the analysis of the conflict, surprisingly revealing a broad consensus In this three-part series, I originally intended to wrap up my collection of givens and trends with possible alternative choices or

Ottawans should not turn away from Lebanon’s plight

 by Matthew Horwood Before the events of August 4, the country of Lebanon was already experiencing a severe financial, political and public health crisis. A breakdown of the country’s economic system last year had forced the government to default on its debts in March. Amid high unemployment, skyrocketing inflation and

The US to slash UN funding by more than a quarter of a million dollars

 The Trump administration is preparing executive orders that will reduce the US’s role in the United Nations in 2018. US Ambassador Nikki R. Haley, Permanent Representative to the UN, has officially announced the quarter of a million-dollar cut to the UN’s annual budget. The negotiated $285 million reduction for the