Elie H. Abouaoun

October 27, 2015

Q&A The Russian Intervention in Syria

Russia's military involvement in Syria has further complicated a four-year-long civil war that the United Nations says has killed more than 250,000 people and driven half the population from their homes.
August 24, 2015

Comments on the waste management crisis in Lebanon

Comments Lebanon (waste management) crisis – August 2015 (as of 24 Aug)

July 9, 2015

Beating the Islamic State wont fix Iraq problems

The country's extremist problem goes way beyond ISIS. And unless the state fixes its governance troubles, it will have to fight this war all over again

April 25, 2015

أزمة اليمن

أزمة اليمن
January 1, 2015

كيف نحمي مسيحيي لبنان؟

أرعبت الحركات التكفيرية الكثيرين في المنطقة العربية، ولكن أبرز التداعيات كانت في لبنان في ظل مواقف دراماتيكية تبنتها شخصيات زمنية وروحية مسيحية تدعو الى اجتثاث هذه الظاهرة والتعامل معها على أنها «خطر وجودي»
November 10, 2014

Ten thoughts about the extension of the Lebanese Parliament’s mandate

Some people asked me why I did not comment yet on the decision to extend the mandate of the current Lebanese parliament. The truth is that

November 5, 2014

Islamic state & related attacks in Lebanon demand comprehensive response

Attacks by militants in Lebanon backed by an Al-Qaida affiliate and the Islamic State have highlighted again the vulnerability of the country's armed forces to terrorist threats and the political establishment's failure to reach agreement on a military strategy to confront terrorism.
August 14, 2014

هل نعرف عما نتكلم

كثرت في الآونة الاخيرة – في اطار المشاحنات الرئاسية اللبنانية – الطروحات والطروحات المضادة عن موضوعات مهمة للغاية يبتذلها بعض الافواه والاقلام بأبشع ما يمكن ان يتصوره اي شخص يتمتع بالحد الادنى من الحس النقدي
August 5, 2014

Comments on Ersal Lebanon Incidents

I got some questions about the difference in the approaches I am writing about to deal with both the Iraqi and Lebanese situation. In the aftermath of the Mosul invasion, I called, in an article, for a political solution whereas in Lebanon I am calling for a military one.
June 17, 2014

Will Politics Deliver More After Military Response This Time?

Just six months ago, I was having a traditional Iraqi dinner with a friend in a building overlooking the Tigris River. But this was no ordinary Iraqi, and our surroundings were hardly luxurious.

May 29, 2014

Q&A: Lebanese Presidential Elections

Lebanon’s parliament failed to elect a successor within the constitutional timeframe before President Michel Suleiman’s term expired on May 25. Elie Abouaoun, the director of Middle East programs for the U.S.

May 15, 2014

Tunisia & Libya’s political transition: Impressions from the field

Tunisia and Libya recently took diverging tracks in their political transitions. A USIP field mission to both countries to meet with political and civil society leaders

February 17, 2014

Dechirures meurtrieres en Syrie

Dans la foulée des révoltes arabes en 2011, les jeunes Syriens ont pu initier un mouvement de protestation en vue d’instaurer un régime démocratique en

October 7, 2013

Palliative Effect of Hassan Rouhani

While some analysts perceived Rouhani’s presidential victory as a subtle maneuver, others looked at it as a belated fulfillment of the 2009 “Green Revolution.”