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Lebanon 2026: Toward the Constitutionalizing of the State!
In this op-ed, Dr. Ziad El Sayegh argues that Lebanon’s crisis is fundamentally constitutional and sovereign. He frames 2026 as a decisive moment: either a return to constitutional governance, reformist sovereignty, and accountability, or a final slide toward state disintegration and institutional collapse.
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Greater Lebanon 1920 – Independence 1943 – Lebanon 2025: A mirage of a Republic!
Lebanon’s century-long crisis is not a series of political failures, argues Dr. Simon Kachar, but the result of a republic built without a unifying national project. From 1920 to today, institutions existed in form, not substance. True independence, he writes, can only emerge from a new civic contract that finally turns citizens, not sects, into…
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On Lebanon and the Desired National Security Policy!
In this op-ed, Dr. Ziad El Sayegh argues that rebuilding the Lebanese state requires a national security policy that reconnects sovereignty, reform, and human security. He outlines Lebanon’s historic vulnerabilities and calls for a comprehensive strategy grounded in constitutional principles, social justice, and the state’s exclusive monopoly over arms.
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