Washington Watch Articles From 2021
What the Lebanese People Really Want
Most policymakers and pundits are confounded by what to do about Lebanon. They ask: “What do the Lebanese people want? How strong is the hold of the sectarian elites and Hizbollah over the population? And is change even possible in Lebanon?”
Tunisia's Bumpy Road
When Tunisian President Kais Saied dismissed the country’s prime minister and closed the Parliament, he said he was doing so to “restore social peace…and save the state.” He was addressing a series of crises that had been plaguing what many viewed as the one “Arab Spring” success story.