Last month, Lebanese President Michel Aoun left office, after his term expired, without a designated successor in place. Power vacuums are not uncommon in Lebanon. Aoun’s own election in 2016 ended a 29-month vacancy in the presidency. Since gaining independence in 1943, Lebanon has had six periods in which the chronically divided parliament could not […]
Lebanon: The Death of a Country
Lebanon’s recovery from its financial and political meltdowns seems nearly impossible.
