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Transparency International’s annual rankings show public perceptions on corruption in the Middle East and North Africa have not changed over the past five years. Yet a closer look reveals that anticorruption agencies and legal reform are quietly making headway in combating institutional corruption.
Robert P. Beschel Jr.
As Gulf countries compete for regional leadership and global strategic importance in the AI space, they face the same regulatory predicaments as other countries spearheading the AI revolution.
Nayef Al-Nabet
With Lebanon’s government facing immense pressure on all sides, it is increasingly relying on negotiations to navigate its perilous and rapidly shifting environment.
Souhayb Jawhar
The Al-Sisi government’s new “National Narrative” promises a fresh development vision but largely echoes familiar economic prescriptions whose social and environmental implications remain deeply problematic.
Salma Hussein
A year after Assad’s fall, Syria is slowly emerging from immense devastation, making cautious but real progress toward stability despite major ongoing challenges.
Nader S. Kabbani
Lebanon’s externally driven push to disarm Hezbollah reveals a deeper crisis of sovereignty, as the state lacks the legitimacy, institutional capacity, and public trust necessary to reclaim monopoly over force without risking deeper instability and communal backlash.