One year after the beginning of the Arab Spring, Lebanon reflects on its own popular protests seven years ago, when Prime Minister Rafik Hariri’s assassination unleashed the Cedar Revolution. Ambassador Mohamad Chatah, who has served in a number of governmental and advisory positions in the Lebanese government, discussed the implications of the Arab uprisings for Lebanon’s future. Carnegie’s Marwan Muasher moderated the conversation.
Lebanon faces enormous public debt without any clear exit strategy. The country should consider new methods it can employ to restructure its debt now.
No one is fully knowledgeable about the state of the Syrian economy, how exactly it has been affected by the events taking place in the country, or how to interpret the choice economic indicators issued by Syrian officials.
The U.S. pivot to the Asia-Pacific has created both tension and opportunity in its relations with China.
The gap between the efforts to deepen integration in order to save the euro and what most people really think should happen is wider than it has ever been before.
The Russian political system is likely to undergo some changes this year, perhaps even serious ones — not because Putin wants them, but because elements of Putin's inner circle are convinced that the government must take some of the protesters' demands seriously.
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