1/ 🧵 Eckart Woertz and I dive into Lebanon and Syria: Ethnic Strife or Reclaiming Sovereignty? 👉As Lebanon faces political paralysis and Syria enters reconstruction amid regional shifts, these power dynamics pose a serious challenge in 2025.

#Lebanon’s newly elected President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam bring a glimmer of hope to a nation reeling from crises. But can they overcome entrenched political resistance and institutional decay to deliver meaningful reforms? thepolicyinitiative.org/article/detail… Our latest

لولا #الجيش اللبناني ولولا قوّتنا بالقرار ١٧٠١ لسقط اليوم ألف شهيد. الشرعية الدولية وشرعية الدولة جنّبتنا المجزرة. تحية للشهداء.. والتمنيات بالشفاء للجرحى، في صفوف الجيش والمدنبين. الجيش اللبناني

Developing AI regulation before developing AI models and then bragging about it is the most EU thing ever

Hamburg will sich Merz Spiel mit dem Feuer nicht bieten lassen. Gut so.

Will Germany stay relevant in the Middle East? In our latest GIGA Focus piece, I unpack Berlin’s options—from green hydrogen in the Gulf to governance-linked aid in Syria & Lebanon. Full piece below 👇🏼 giga-hamburg.de/en/publication…

Good one from Nathan J Robinson on this phenomenon

🚨New Publication Alert🚨 Delighted to see my paper "Have Middle Eastern Leaders Learned from the Arab Uprisings? An Arabic Operational Code Approach" featuring International Relations / Uluslararası İlişkiler's Special Issue on "The State of the Art in FPA" edited by Binnur Leslie Wehner t.ly/wbeQm

Secretary Marco Rubio This is democracy. This decision is the result of a thorough & independent investigation to protect our Constitution & the rule of law. It is independent courts that will have the final say. We have learnt from our history that rightwing extremism needs to be stopped.