Institutions01
Nidaa Al WatanAccountability with a Selective Memory
Why political accountability loses credibility when parties scrutinize today’s government while overlooking their own years of influence and responsibility.
Read articleResearch & commentary
A library of ideas.
Long-form research and timely analysis on power, institutions, diplomacy, and the forces reshaping Lebanon and the wider Middle East.
02 Research publications
14 Selected articles
05 Areas of inquiry
Articles & essays
Browse the library
Search the collection or follow a theme across state-building, regional power, diplomacy, and political institutions.
Showing 14 articles
Institutions01Nidaa Al Watan
State-building02
Levant TimePower Passes. The Homeland Remains.
A reflection on the difference between homeland, state, and political power—and why citizenship begins when no leader or party is treated as the nation itself.
Read article
Institutions03Levant Time“I Am the State”: When Nations Are Reduced to Men
How political systems weaken when institutions recede and the fate of a nation becomes inseparable from the image of a single leader.
Read article
Diplomacy04Levant Time“All Roads Lead to Rome”… Why Have Negotiations Become Lebanon’s Fate After the War?
A reading of why negotiation has become Lebanon’s default path after conflict—and what that reveals about sovereignty, leverage, and unresolved power.
Read article
Regional power05Levant TimePowerful Cities… More Powerful Narratives Still: Who Governs the Middle East Today?
An exploration of how cities compete not only through capital and policy, but through the narratives that define regional legitimacy and influence.
Read article
Infrastructure06Levant TimeOut of Beirut… But Where To? Reading the Stakes of Kleyaat Airport
What a second airport could mean for balanced development, national connectivity, and the political geography of opportunity in Lebanon.
Read article
State-building07Levant TimeHow the State Became an Intermediary… And How the Brokers’ Cartel Was Built
How patronage networks inserted themselves between citizens and authority, turning public rights into favors and the state into a negotiated intermediary.
Read article
Diplomacy08
Al ModonThe Crisis of Decision-Making in the Middle East: Negotiations as a Substitute for Solutions
Why political success is increasingly measured by crises avoided rather than outcomes achieved—and how endless talks can become a substitute for strategy.
Read article
State-building09Al ModonThe South After the War: A Final Opportunity to Build the State?
The deeper test is not whether the state can return to southern Lebanon, but whether political actors are prepared to accept the consequences of a strong state.
Read article
State-building10Al ModonLebanon After the War: How Do We Break the Pattern of Fragmentation?
A direct examination of the civil-war logic that still structures Lebanese politics, despite decades of claiming to have moved beyond it.
Read article
State-building11Al ModonThe Limits of the State in Wartime: A Reading of the Lebanese Case
A study of a government confined to managing crisis, where major sovereign decisions are repeatedly absorbed by bargaining, delay, and compromise.
Read article
Regional power12Al ModonDoha Forum: How Dialogue Became a Tool for Managing Challenges
How Qatar has developed a coherent model of multi-track diplomacy, using dialogue to connect public ideas with quieter forms of political mediation.
Read article
Regional power13Al ModonFrom the Heart of the Southern Suburbs to the Region: The Repercussions After Tabatabai
A regional reading of an Iran under mounting pressure, balancing the risks of escalation across Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon against the impulse to preserve leverage.
Read article
State-building14
RECODEAl-Sharaa and Aoun: Two Models of Power
How two presidents reached power—and how legitimacy, constitutional structure, and state capacity shape their ability to govern.
Read articleNo articles found
Try a broader search or choose another category.
Selected research
Major publications
Extended academic work exploring political thought, public authority, and the institutions that shape social life.
The Question of Civility and Civilization in Modern and Contemporary Islamic Thought
An inquiry into how modern Islamic thought has understood civility and civilization—and how those ideas continue to inform political modernity, identity, and public life.
Religion Policies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia — Council of Senior Scholars
An institutional study of religious authority and public governance, tracing the role, evolution, and policy influence of Saudi Arabia’s Council of Senior Scholars.