Incurable Hope

Extracts from the siege diary: an Israeli officer says "Palestinians are an epidemic"—asked about the resemblance to Hitler, he answers: "Yes." And "boutiques equal the number of martyrs."

The Political Economy of Militia Control – Brown University

Wars have no sense but functions—Lebanese militias achieved the "supreme capitalist phantasm": profit without capital investment, through ten illegal ports and a mafia predation economy.

Lebanon on the Brink

As-Safir

Translation from as-Safir after Gemayel's assassination: sectarian division invites external domination since 1867—and when the Lebanese unite, they do so despite the confessional system and against it.

Lebanon in the Middle East Peace Talks: Player or Bargaining Card?

The Oxford International Review

Lebanon between the Syrian-Israeli "condominium": player in the peace talks or bargaining card? Ghazi Kanaan: "Let the Lebanese trade and leave politics to the Syrians."