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A new survey shows that an overwhelming majority of Lebanese citizens are dissatisfied with the country’s confessional political system. Yet the perceived costs and ineffectiveness of mobilizing against it help keep it in place.

Fatimah Saadi, Ibrahim Khatib, Mark Tessler

The challenge facing media in Qatar and around the world goes beyond whether to embrace or reject artificial intelligence and centers on developing a model that integrates digital infrastructure with professional standards.

Faleh Al-Hajeri

The upcoming Palestinian legislative elections take on a different meaning in Lebanon’s refugee camps. They present a dual test: one for the legitimacy of Palestinian representation, and another for the future governance of the camps, which the Lebanese state is currently discussing.

Khaldoun El-Charif

Why did tens of thousands of people risk their lives to leave Morocco for Europe? New court rulings and the spread of misinformation only go so far in explaining the phenomenon.

Meissa Haouari

Ankara’s handling of the Iran war has strengthened its foreign policy standing while helping deflect domestic criticism and portray political opposition as a liability in a volatile region. The risk is that Türkiye’s geopolitical leverage is used to consolidate political power rather than strengthen national capacity.

Özge Genç

Survival in the face of superior force is the Iranian state’s most consistent historical achievement. Could the current war be the outlier in a five-hundred-year-old pattern?

Mahjoob Zweiri