Analysis

The comparatively simple question of this analytical overview, which ardently aims to avoid falling for any side’s propaganda in the latest Arab-Israeli armed conflict since 1948, is an economic one. …

In Gaza’s hospitals, the daily struggle for life is inseparable from the fight to manage scarce resources and staff numbers, and to find innovative solutions within impossible constraints. Doctors, nurses, …

In the attempt to assess the regional economic reverberations echoing out from two years of conflict triggered on October 7, 2023, Syria stands apart as somewhat of an outlier. Given …

This analysis was written as part of a Special Report on the repercussions of war across six polities from October 7th, 2023-December 2025 Israel’s war on Gaza is a geopolitical …

Infrastructure is no longer just about steel and concrete. It is increasingly about computation and connectivity. Beyond moving people and goods, today it must move intelligence. Public-Private Partnership (PPP) encompasses …

Lebanon’s End-of-Service Indemnity (EOSI) system—long presented as a pillar of worker protection—has become one of the most pressing and contentious legacies of the country’s economic collapse. Designed to provide employees …

Lebanon is at a defining moment—a fragile economy teetering between recovery and collapse. “People are hopeful now, but the problem is, people are poor,” says Khalid Zeidan, founder and chairman/general …

The war on Lebanon, while selective and impacting some sectors less than others, has left no sector untouched. Niche businesses in the real economy — those small, specialized enterprises that …

Lebanon is in the midst of an unprecedented displacement crisis as Israeli attacks continue unabated. I say unprecedented not only because of the sheer number of people forced from their …

It is another summer of conflict and despair in the Eastern Mediterranean region, which is to say that a sad saga of displacements, deprivation, and humanitarian aid dependency of an …