Content tagged with “Lebanon”
If Lebanon hopes to leverage the true potential of the undiscovered natural gas reserves in its Eastern Mediterranean waters, then time is of the essence for it to settle the legal, political, and...
Tags: gas, Lebanon, resources, Israel, Cyprus The increasingly contentious issue of complicity of some Lebanese banks in terrorist financing and money laundering tied to Iran, Syria and Hezbollah was the topic of discussion at a panel...
Tags: Lebanon, Banking, Hezbollah, Treasury, Iran With parliamentary elections coming up in 2013, most politicians have started the age-old debate on what next year's electoral law will be. With little agreement on an appropriate electoral law for...
Tags: Lebanon, elections, Voting, mutliconfessional The US-Lebanon Dialogue Program presents a roundtable on Women's Political Participation in Lebanon. Women in Lebanon have led women’s emancipation in the region but have lagged behind in many ways....
Tags: women, Politics, Lebanon U.S. Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Daniel Glaser arrived in Beirut today to discuss Lebanon's adherence to international sanctions on the Syrian regime. Since the start of the Syrian...
Tags: Terrorism, Lebanon, Syria, sanctions, Banks, smuggling The US-Lebanon Dialogue Program presents a roundtable on Women's Political Participation in Lebanon. Women in Lebanon have led women’s emancipation in the region but have lagged behind in many ways....
Tags: women, Lebanon Christians in the Middle East are becoming increasingly fearful of the tremendous political and social change sweeping the region. Reports of a rising Islamist threat and hostility towards Christians...
Tags: Lebanon, Syria, Christians, Geagea Lebanon's Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai caused an uproar in Lebanon this week after he declared that Syrian President Bashar Assad should be given a chance to implement reforms, saying the "poor man...
Tags: Lebanon, Syria, Maronite Christians, Jumblatt 
