Tag: English

  • Lebanon Crisis Revisited, and An Alternative Vision is Re-Presented

    Lebanon Crisis Revisited, and An Alternative Vision is Re-Presented

    Lebanon’s crisis is not merely political or economic, but cultural at its core. A century of collective distrust and exclusion hollowed out the state. Yet Lebanon has known a different path. Revisiting the Chehabist model reveals how citizenship, institutions, and trust can still offer a viable alternative vision.

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  • From the Specter of Civil War to the Inevitability of the State!

    From the Specter of Civil War to the Inevitability of the State!

    In this 15th op-ed, Dr. Ziad El Sayegh argues that invoking the specter of civil war has become a tool of political paralysis in Lebanon. Rather than safeguarding peace, fear weakens it. He calls for rational governance, constitutional legitimacy, and the inevitability of a sovereign State of Citizenship.

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  • Moral Courage as a Prerequisite for Saving the Lebanese State

    Moral Courage as a Prerequisite for Saving the Lebanese State

    This op-ed argues that Lebanon’s survival depends on moral courage rooted in the uncompromising application of the Constitution. The crisis, it contends, is not a lack of texts but their deliberate manipulation. Real reform begins by restoring constitutional authority as the foundation of sovereignty, accountability, and statehood.

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